Brand Book | Carl Hansen & Søn

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CRAFT

FRENCH WEAVING

Ever since Kaare Klint’s Faaborg Chair was designed in 1914, its elegant backrest has been crafted from Indonesian cane with a ‘French weaving’ technique that has existed for hundreds of years. This intricate process sees each small hole fixed with a piece of string and then closed by hand by a craftsman over the course of 20 hours.

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