PP201
Hans J. Wegner's First Chair of 1969, the first chair he designed for PP Møbler alone, with a paper-cord seat and a steam-bent back and arm joined with wengé.
- Designed by
- Hans J. Wegner
- Made by
- PP Møbler
- First made
- 1969
Pictures © PP Møbler, from pp.dk.
Why it is renowned
The PP201 is known as the First Chair: the first chair Hans J. Wegner designed for PP Møbler alone, and the piece PP Møbler counts as one of the main milestones in its partnership with him.1
The chair revisits Wegner's Chinese Chair: it takes the construction of the pp66 and the look of the pp701 Minimal Chair, setting a few organic shapes from his work of the 1950s inside a strict geometric frame.1
The story
Wegner designed the chair in 1969.1 The workshop makes the combined arm and backrest from one piece of solid steam-bent wood and one piece of carved solid wood, joined with details in wengé.1 The PP201 has a woven paper-cord seat in natural colour; its twin, the PP203, has an upholstered seat.1 Both are made in oak or ash, soap-treated or oiled.1
Sources
- pp201/pp203 First Chair, PP Møbler. pp.dk, read 1 October 2026.
Last checked 2 October 2026, against the maker's own pages.