Mid-Century Modern Furniture & Design
Timed Online Auction, 4 September - 1 October 2025
Furniture, lighting and rugs
About this Item
Denmark 1902-1971
'Model 3272' Oxford armchair for Fritz Hansen, Denmark
leather upholstered seat with brushed aluminium frame and five-point swivel base, re-upholstered in black leather
1989
foil manufacturer's label ' FRITZ HANSEN MADE IN DENMARK 1989' and DANISH furniture makers quality control sticker
height: 127cm; width: 60cm; depth: 47cm
Notes
The original version of the Oxford armchair was designed in 1963 for the professors at St. Catherine’s College in Oxford. The chair’s extra tall back both served as a symbol of prestige and created a space of its own. These professors' chairs later evolved into the Oxford series introduced in 1965. In spite of initial protests & uproar over the commission of a foreign architect, Arne Jacobsen received an honorary doctorate from Oxford upon his completion of the project.
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