HANS WEGNER CH24 ‘WISHBONE’ CHAIR FOR CARL HANSEN & SON (1949) Susannah Blanton securing an education in Germany

securing an education in Germany in the wake of WWII was a hit-and-miss proposal for much of the populace: the high school Duncker attended was shut down when the parents' financial resources ran out

A 1960s Murano glass table lamp by Alfredo Barbini in a glorious shade of aqua

Greece in 1937 to a father of Greek-Italian descent and an Austrian mother

A candleholder designed by Gerth & Gerth for Chase is illustrated in ‘The Machine Age in America 1918-1941’ by Richard Guy Wilson

which dates from the 1950s

HANS WEGNER CH24 ‘WISHBONE’ CHAIR FOR CARL HANSEN & SON (1949) Susannah Blanton securing an education in GermanyThe classic CH24 or 'Wishbone' Chair, in soaped oak with a natural paper cord seat, designed by Hans J Wegner in 1949 for Carl Hansen & Son, Denmark. Based on the label design, this example was manufactured sometime between 2002 and 2006. HANS J. WEGNER (1914 2007) was one of the most important and influential designers in history. He is commonly credited as a driving force behind the mid century Danish modern movementan era that forever changed the