Kasper Salto Model Ks58 Nap
About the Item
- Creator:Fritz Hansen (Manufacturer),Kasper Salto (Designer)
- Dimensions:Height: 38.2 in (97.03 cm)Width: 22 in (55.88 cm)Depth: 20.5 in (52.07 cm)Seat Height: 25.2 in (64.01 cm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (In the Style Of)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:2021
- Production Type:New & Custom(Current Production)
- Estimated Production Time:8-9 weeks
- Condition:
- Seller Location:Berkeley, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1353223402102
Fritz Hansen
When the Copenhagen-based furniture maker Fritz Hansen opened for business more than 140 years ago, the company — which today styles itself The Republic of Fritz Hansen — adhered to the traditional, time-honored Danish values of craftsmanship in woodworking and joinery. Yet thanks to the postwar innovations of Arne Jacobsen and others, Fritz Hansen would become the country’s leader in Scandinavian modern design using new, forward-looking materials and methods.
Fritz Hansen started his company in 1872, specializing in the manufacture of small furniture parts. In 1915, the firm became the first in Denmark to make chairs using steam-bent wood (a technique most familiar from birch used in the ubiquitous café chairs by Austrian maker Thonet). At the time, Fritz Hansen was best known for seating that featured curved legs and curlicue splats and referenced 18th-century Chippendale designs.
In the next few decades, the company promoted simple, plain chairs with slatted backs and cane or rush seats designed by such proto-modernist masters as Kaare Klint and Søren Hansen. Still, the most aesthetically striking piece Fritz Hansen produced in the first half of the 20th century was arguably the China chair of 1944 by Hans Wegner — and that piece, with its yoke-shaped bentwood back- and armrest, was based on seating manufactured in China during the Ming dynasty. (Wegner was moved by portraits he’d seen of Danish merchants in the Chinese chairs.)
Everything changed in 1952 with Arne Jacobsen’s Ant chair. The collaboration between the architect and Fritz Hansen officially originated in 1934 — that year, Jacobsen created his inaugural piece for the manufacturer, the solid beechwood Bellevue chair for a restaurant commission. The Ant chair, however, was the breakthrough.
With assistance from his then-apprentice Verner Panton, Jacobsen designed the Ant chair for the cafeteria of a Danish healthcare company called Novo Nordisk. The chair was composed of a seat and backrest formed from a single piece of molded plywood attached, in its original iteration, to three tubular metal legs. Its silhouette suggests the shape of the insect’s body, and the lightweight, stackable chair and its biomorphic form became an international hit.
Jacobsen followed with more plywood successes, such as the Grand Prix chair of 1957. The following year he designed the SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen and its furnishings, including the Egg chair and the Swan chair. Those two upholstered pieces, with their lush, organic frames made of fiberglass-reinforced polyurethane, have become the two chairs most emblematic of mid-20th-century cool. Moreover, the Egg and Swan led Fritz Hansen to fully embrace new man-made materials, like foam, plastic and steel wire used to realize the avant-garde creations of later generations of designers with whom the firm collaborated, such as Piet Hein, Jørn Utzon (the architect of the Sydney Opera House) and Verner Panton. If the Fritz Hansen of 1872 would not now recognize his company, today’s connoisseurs certainly do.
Find a collection of vintage Fritz Hansen tables, lounge chairs, sofas and other furniture on 1stDibs.
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Berkeley, CA
- Return PolicyThis item cannot be returned.
- Kasper Salto Model Ks62 NapBy Fritz Hansen, Kasper SaltoLocated in Berkeley, CAThe Danish designer Kasper Salto has designed the NAP chair for Fritz Hansen. With its curvaceous form, the NAP chair is feminine and elegant. The contours o...Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
MaterialsOak
- Kasper Salto Model Ks60 NapBy Kasper Salto, Fritz HansenLocated in Berkeley, CAThe Danish designer Kasper Salto has designed the NAP chair for Fritz Hansen. With its curvaceous form, the NAP chair is feminine and elegant. The contours o...Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
MaterialsOak
- Kasper Salto Model Ks59 NapBy Kasper Salto, Fritz HansenLocated in Berkeley, CAThe Danish designer Kasper Salto has designed the NAP chair for Fritz Hansen. With its curvaceous form, the NAP chair is feminine and elegant. The contours o...Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
MaterialsOak
- Kasper Salto Model Ks51 NapBy Fritz Hansen, Kasper SaltoLocated in Berkeley, CANAP comes in several varieties: stackable with 4 legs or sled and as bar stool or counter stool, all with and without arms. The chair has a high gloss back, and the front of the shel...Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
MaterialsOak
- Kasper Salto Model Ks50 NapBy Fritz Hansen, Kasper SaltoLocated in Berkeley, CANAP comes in several varieties: stackable with 4 legs or sled and as bar stool or counter stool, all with and without arms. The chair has a high gloss back, and the front of the shel...Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
MaterialsOak
- Kasper Salto Model Ks60 NapBy Fritz Hansen, Kasper SaltoLocated in Berkeley, CAThe Danish designer Kasper Salto has designed the NAP chair for Fritz Hansen. With its curvaceous form, the NAP chair is feminine and elegant. The contours o...Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
MaterialsOak
- Fritz Hansen Kasper Salto Runner Armchairs for Knoll Studios, 2 Pairs AvailableBy Knoll, Kasper Salto, Fritz HansenLocated in Miami, FLFritz Hansen Kasper Salto Runner Arm Chairs for Knoll Studios, 2 Pairs Available Offered for sale as pairs with 2 pairs available are Kasper Salto- 1997 designed "Runner" armchairs....Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Armchairs
MaterialsChrome
- Danish Modern Kasper Salto for Fritz Hansen Ice Outdoor Dining Chairs, Set of 8By Fritz Hansen, Kasper SaltoLocated in Secaucus, NJThis sleek and minimalist Ice chairs are stylish and functional, its equally suited for both indoor and outdoor use. The lightweight design and stacking fe...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Dining Room Chairs
MaterialsAluminum
- Modern Danish Kasper Salto for Fritz Hansen Ice Outdoor Dining Chairs, Set of 10By Fritz Hansen, Kasper SaltoLocated in Secaucus, NJThese sleek and minimalist Ice chairs are stylish and functional, Ice is Fritz Hansen's first chair that is equally suitable for both indoor and outdoor use...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Scandinavian Modern Dining Room Chairs
MaterialsAluminum
- Salto and Thomas Sigsgaard, KT 8013 Leather Council Chair by One CollectionBy Kasper Salto, OnecollectionLocated in Barcelona, BarcelonaThe Council chair was designed in 2011 by Kasper Salto and Thomas Sigsgaard for the Trusteeship Council Chamber at the U.N. Headquarters in New York. The chair is well-thought out, ...Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
MaterialsLeather, Wood
- Easy Chair Model "KS46" by Anton Lorenz for Thonet, Germany, circa 1980By Anton Lorenz, ThonetLocated in Amsterdam, NLRare easy chair model "KS46" designed by Anton Lorenz circa 1950, manufactured by Thonet in Germany, circa 1980. The beautifully designed base of the chair is made of chrome metal...Category
Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Chairs
MaterialsChrome, Metal
- Black KS Chair by OxDenmarqLocated in Geneve, CHBlack KS Chair by OxDenmarq Dimensions: D 80 x W 98 x H 108 cm Materials: Leather, Stainless Steel Also Available: Different leather colors and other frame color available, OX ...Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Chairs
MaterialsStainless Steel