The JH 550 Peacock Chair by Hans J. Wegner for Johannes Hansen, 1947

The JH 550 Peacock Chair by Hans J. Wegner for Johannes Hansen, 1947The iconic JH 550 Peacock chair by Hans J. Wegner in an ash wood frame with teak arms and original papercord seat. Designed in 1947 the chair is a feat of melding ergonomic and aesthetics, the flat part of the back rest, which gives it its peacock like appearance, are placed where the shoulders would rest on the back. The name was coined by Finn Juhl when he first saw the chair and noticed its characteristic back.