SAXE

Saxe is a characterful and timeless folding chair designed in 1955 by the visionary designer and architect Mogens Lassen for The Copenhagen Cabinetmakers’ Guild Competition. It was originally made by the master joiner A.J. Iversen and is now being produced by by Lassen to mark the 60th anniversary of its design.

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Product: Saxe

Design: Mogens Lassen 1955

Height: 84 cm

Width: 60 cm

Depth: 67 cm

Seat height: 37 cm

Seat depth: 35 cm

Colour/material: Black leather, black stained oak

Designer

Architect Mogens Lassen (1901-1987) is among the greatest and most influential of Danish architects, a pioneer of Danish Functionalism, and is internationally renowned for his characteristic architecture. Mogens Lassen was inspired by the German design school Bauhaus, and its geometric shapes recur often in his iconic designs.

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