PP19 - Teddy Bear Chair (or Papa Bear Chair)
Design Hans Wegner, 1951
Be embraced by the great bear paws of this all time maximum comfort easy chair. Consider it an investment for life, and along comes at least two weeks of thorough work of Danish craftsmen. Hand build from the bottom up with a solid wooden frame strongly joined and shaped to make a proper base for the comprehensive upholstery work.
Apart from the seat cushion no foam is used in the upholstery - only four basic natural materials; cotton fibre, palm fibre, tow and horse hair. And then of course springs carefully build up to support the back.
The Teddy Bear Chair was the first Hans J. Wegner design produced at PP Møbler, and it marked the beginning of a life-long passionate collaboration involving generations of craftsmen and countless hours of work in the workshop developing prototypes and production techniques for numerous Wegner models. And yet The Teddy Bear Chair remained the most exclusive piece of them all.
