Arne Jacobsen - Egg Chair Plus Ottoman - 1958

Arne Jacobsen

1902 - 1971

Developed for the lobby and reception areas at the SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen in the late 50s.

The Egg Chair Plus Ottoman was orginally available in leather. In order to lower the price Jacobsen set out to use fabric and later on a footstool was also added. The chair was first introduced to the public in Paris in November 1958 and in January 1959 in Denmark. Foam was used for the upholstery and the chair itself, in shape of a shell, was manufactured with moulded fibre glass and placed on a swivelling cast-aluminium base.

The synthetic is padded with cold foam and a tilt function has also been added, which enables the chair to swivel 360.

Dimensions Chair:
86 x 79 x 107 cm (W x D x H)
Dimensions Ottoman:
57 x 43 x 43 cm (W x D x H)