Fritz Hansen Oxford Front Upholstered Executive Armchair

This version of the Fritz Hansen Oxford chair, designed by Arne Jacobsen, has a front upholstery in fabric or leather for a wide range of colori. The armrests and bases (5-star) are moulded satin-polished aluminium. The original version of the Oxford chair was designed for the professors at St. Catherine’s College in Oxford. The chair’s extra tall back served as a symbol of prestige and created a space of its own. The “professor’s chair” later evolved into the Oxford series. In spite of initial protests and uproar over the commission of a foreign moderist, Arne Jacobsen received an honorary doctorate from Oxford, upon completion of the project. This ground breaking example of total design is, today, considered Arne Jacobsen’s most outstanding work.