Danish Luxury

Design Furniture Carl Hansen & Søn

CH25 Easy Chair

Hans J. Wegner's low lounge chair with a seat and back woven by hand from paper cord, made by Carl Hansen & Søn since 1950.

Designed by
Hans J. Wegner
First made
1950

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The CH25 in white-oiled oak with natural paper cord
The CH25 in white-oiled oak with natural paper cord

Pictures © Carl Hansen & Søn, from carlhansen.com.

Why it is renowned

The CH25 caused a stir when it came out in 1950: paper cord, a wartime substitute for seagrass, had not been used in furniture before.1 It has been made without a break since then, alongside the CH24, better known as the Wishbone Chair, introduced the same year.12

The story

It is one of the first four chairs Hans J. Wegner drew for Carl Hansen & Søn after their collaboration began in 1949, and it went into production in 1950.1 Wegner liked the look of paper cord and that it does not stretch.1 A skilled weaver needs about ten hours and some 400 metres of cord to make the seat and back by hand, in a weave that shows on both sides of the backrest.12 It is made at Carl Hansen & Søn's factory in Gelsted on Funen.2

Sources
  1. CH25 Lounge Chair, Carl Hansen & Søn. carlhansen.com, read 30 September 2026.
  2. Wegner's first masterpieces, Carl Hansen & Søn. carlhansen.com, read 30 September 2026.

Last checked 5 October 2026, against the maker's own pages.