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Its simple and elegant form, and suitability for mass production, ensured its success. It was one of the first chairs in which a continuous seat and back were formed from a single sheet of plywood, bent into compound curves. The curvaceousness of the chair is both organic and sensual, a characteristic that the photographer Lewis Morley exploited in his portrait of Christine Keeler in 1963. In fact he used an early copy of the chair, one of many lookalikes that have been made over the years. Literally millions of Jacobsen's design have been made in the half century or so it has been in continuous production.","physicalDescription":"Chair made of plywood and tubular steel legs.  The one-piece back and seat are made of moulded teak veneered plywood.  This is supported by four satin chromium-plated tubular steel legs that meet under the seat inside a protective grey plastic circular cover.  There are rubber pads under the seat at the juncture with each leg and the legs have rubber feet on the ends.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Jacobsen, Arne Emil","id":"A7917"},"association":{"text":"designer","id":"x36960"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Fritz Hansen","id":"A15210"},"association":{"text":"manufacturers","id":"AAT25230"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"teak","id":"AAT12453"},{"text":"plywood","id":"AAT12849"},{"text":"chromium","id":"AAT11019"},{"text":"steel","id":"AAT133751"},{"text":"rubber","id":"AAT12941"}],"techniques":[{"text":"moulding","id":"AAT53134"},{"text":"veneering","id":"AAT53878"},{"text":"plating","id":"AAT53991"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Moulded teak veneered plywood, with satin chromium-plated tubular steel legs","categories":[{"text":"Furniture","id":"THES48948"}],"styles":[{"text":"Scandinavian Modern","id":"x36343"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"FWK","id":"THES48597"},"images":["2006AT8993","2014HG9692","2026PN0070"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"001","id":"THES342316"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Chair","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Denmark","id":"x28806"},"association":{"text":"designed","id":"x29338"},"note":""},{"place":{"text":"Denmark","id":"x28806"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1955","earliest":"1955-01-01","latest":"1955-12-31"},"association":{"text":"designed","id":"x29338"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"78","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"50","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"52","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"43.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"seat","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"model 3107; Denmark, designed 1955 by Arne Jacobsen","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"Mass produced","id":"THES48863"},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"From Twentieth Century Gallery, Room 73:\r\nSTACKING CHAIR: 3107 CHAIR\t\t\r\nDesigned by Arne Jacobsen (Danish, 1902-1971)\r\nMade by Fritz Hansens, Allerod, Denmark, from 1971\r\nMoulded teak veneered plywood, statin chromium-plated steel legs\r\nCirc.371-373-1970\r\n\r\nThe back and seat of this chair, made from a single sheet, are moulded in a complex three-dimensional curve, which exploited the fashion for organic form.  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