Wishbone chair

Hans J. Wegner, 1949. Made by Carl Hansen & Søn as the CH24 The Y-shaped back splat that gives the Wishbone its name is the giveaway, rising from the seat to a single steam-bent top rail that curves around to form the arms. It was part of Wegner's first collaboration with Carl Hansen & Søn and has been in continuous production since. The woven paper cord seat began as a postwar substitute when materials were short, and making each chair still takes more than 100 production steps, most of them by hand.