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Hans Wegner AP-30 Teak Piano Stool c1950s
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Hans Wegner, Teak stained Piano Stool, model AP-30, made by A P Stolen, 1950s
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AP-30 Piano Stool in Oak and Original Fabric by Hans J. Wegner, 1957
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AP-30 Piano Stool in Oak and Original Fabric by Hans J.
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Hans Wegner, AP Stolen, Piano Stool Teak, AP - 30
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Pair of AP-30 Piano Stools by Hans Wegner
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Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of teak and leather AP-30 stools designed by Hans Wegner for AP-Stolen.
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Hans J. Wegner Piano Stool AP 30, Teak
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Located in Munich, DE
Hans J. Wegner (Denmark) Teak frame Piano Bench from Hans J.
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Hans J. Wegner Piano Stool AP 30 Teak
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Hans J. Wegner (Denmark) Teak frame Piano bench from Hans J.
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Piano Stool by Hans J. Wegner for L. Chr. Larsen & Søn, Denmark, 1950s
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Piano Stool by Hans J. Wegner for L. Chr. Larsen & Søn, Denmark, 1950s
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Hans Wegner AP-30 Piano Stool for AP-Stolen, circa 1955
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Hans Wegner AP-30 Piano stool for AP-Stolen. circa 1955.
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Piano Stool by Hans J. Wegner
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AP 30 - Piano stool in oak and original red leather. Maker AP Stolen.
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Piano Stool by Hans J. Wegner
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AP 30, piano stool in oak with original green wool. Maker AP stolen.
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Hans Wegner Piano Stool or Music Bench
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An extremely rare Hans Wegner for A.P. Stolen piano or music stool in teak.
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Hans Wegner, Teak Piano Stool, model AP-30, made by A P Stolen, 1950s
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H 20.48 in W 27.56 in D 16.54 in
Hans Wegner, Teak Piano Stool, model AP-30, made by A P Stolen, 1950s
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Hans Wegner, Teak Piano Stool, model AP-30, made by A P Stolen, 1950s Wegner designed this stool as a variation of his ottoman for the Papa Bear chair, to be slightly higher and wit...
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Hans Wegner Piano Stool
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Teak & Leather Piano Stool by Hans Wegner
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This Wegner Piano Stool, though it was made to stand as it's own unique piece, is also known as the ottoman for the Papa Bear Chair.
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Hans J. Wegner, AP-30 Piano Bench in Mahogany & Original Natural Leather, 1950s
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Hans J. Wegner, AP-30 Piano Bench in Mahogany & Original Natural Leather, 1950s
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Hans J. Wegner Model AP-30 Teak Piano Stool Ottoman, circa 1960
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Hans Wegner Piano For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the hans wegner piano you’re looking for at 1stDibs. A hans wegner piano — often made from wood, hardwood and teak — can elevate any home. There are many kinds of the hans wegner piano you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Each hans wegner piano bearing Scandinavian Modern or Mid-Century Modern hallmarks is very popular. Hans J. Wegner, A.P. Stolen and Anker Pedersen each produced at least one beautiful hans wegner piano that is worth considering.
How Much is a Hans Wegner Piano?
The average selling price for a hans wegner piano at 1stDibs is $4,800, while they’re typically $3,600 on the low end and $7,665 for the highest priced.
Hans J. Wegner for sale on 1stDibs
Best known for his chairs and other seating pieces — though a master of many furniture types like sofas and tables — Hans Wegner was a prolific designer whose elegant, often ebullient, forms and devotion to the finest methods in joinery made "Danish Modern" a popular byword for stylish, well-made furniture in the mid-20th century.
Wegner considered himself a carpenter first and a furniture designer second. Like his peers Arne Jacobsen and Finn Juhl, Wegner believed that striking aesthetics in furniture were based on a foundation of practicality: a chair must be comfortable and sturdy before it is chic.
In keeping with that tenet, several of Hans Wegner’s best chair designs have their roots in traditional seating forms. The Peacock chair (designed in 1947) is a throne-like adaptation of the Windsor chair; pieces from the China chair series (begun in 1944) as well as the 1949 Wishbone chair, with its distinctive Y-shaped back splat, are derived from 17th-century Ming seating pieces, as is the upholstered Ox chair (1960). Wegner’s comfy Papa Bear chair (1951) is an almost surreally re-scaled English wingback chair.
Wegner’s most representative piece, the Round chair (1949), gained a footnote in political history when it was used on the TV stage of the first Kennedy-Nixon debate of 1960. That chair, along with Wegner’s more bravura designs — for example, the 1963 Shell chair, with its curved surfboard-shaped seat — bring a quietly sculptural presence to a room.
Wegner was a designer who revered his primary material — wood — and it shows. His wood gathers patina and character with age; every Hans Wegner piece testifies to the life it has led.
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Barstools that date back to the 1970s are now more ubiquitous in kitchens. Vintage barstools have seen renewed interest, be they a meld of chrome and leather or transparent plastic, such as the Lucite and stainless-steel counter stool variety from Indiana-born furniture designer Charles Hollis Jones, who is renowned for his acrylic works. A cluster of barstools — perhaps a set of four brushed-aluminum counter stools by Emeco or Tubby Tube stools by Faye Toogood — can encourage merriment in the kitchen. If you’ve got the room for family and friends to congregate and enjoy cocktails where the cooking is done, consider matching your stools with a tall table.
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Vintage Calla Lily Vase
Vintage Camel Figurine
Vintage Carousel Toy
Vintage Cast Iron Fire Basket
Vintage Cast Iron Owl
Vintage Cat Bank
Vintage Cat Dolls
Vintage Cat Door Stop