CH106 / CH108
Hans J. Wegner 1970
CH106 COFFEE TABLE: Table top: Glass. Legs: Stainless steel. CH111 CHAIR: Frame: Stainless steel. Seat and back: Thor 301 leather
Hans J. Wegner’s square shaped CH106 Coffee Table is part of his furniture series CH100 from 1970, along with another coffee table, a lounge chair and three sofas – all with a similar base frame. The sturdy, square glass table top rests on a frame consisting of two trestles in bent flat steel, which are connected via two transverse steel rails. The rails also function as a support for the top, whose polished glass makes the frame’s structure fully visible. With the frame´s soft bends and the rounded corners of the glass, the 100
design looks soft and harmonious despite its solid materials. The CH106 Coffee Table is a fine example of Hans J. Wegner’s viewpoint about good design which aims at finding a balance between the simple and the characteristic. The table also shows that Wegner was not timid about working on designs based on materials other than wood. In addition to the square shaped CH106, Wegner designed a rectangular version of the table, CH108.
