Hans Wegner CH-34s + a pair of unknown side chairs  

A pair of CH-34s. Very nice. Those don't pop up very often, as I believe it was not a very successful design commercially for Carl Hansen. If I came across 1 or 2 of those for a good price, they would become part of the permanent collection.

Oh, forgot to note that the other two chairs are by Henry Rosengren Hansen for Brande Mobelfabrik. Very nice chairs, but they take a back seat to the CH-34s.

The CH-34 was not a successful design for Wegner and Carl Hansen. I read this in Carl Hansen's 100 year biography.

Much thanks, Cdsilva. I would not have found that on my own.
This is the first CH-34 I have seen in person. Their scale is a little funny, but in typical Wegner fashion they are more comfortable than not. The seatback assembly is interesting – I will share some pics at some point.
Thanks again!

Beautiful chairs.
Now leif and cds, I am (as usual), quite impressed with your knowledge of furniture. Yes.
Your Aunt Mark

great chairs and right - you guys are great too here!
let me take part...the Rosengren Hansen chair is model No. 39
it´s not Wegner but a great chair design too. i own 6 of them and 2 with armrests. i love them!

What catalog does this come from?

it comes from mobilia no.65 december 1960

leif was kind enough to send me that Carl Hansen history a few months ago. It was a good read. For some reason, that CH-34 note about not being commercially successful stuck in the back of my mind.

Hi all,
Just thought I would share a brief update on these chairs. They are now clean with new foam and leather. My wife insisted on the pumpkin – heresy?
A few interesting things I noted about the CH-34s: Lief has mentioned the cross-grain insert that Carl Hansen used when mating metal threaded inserts. The solid beech backrests had such inserts on each end. The backrest caps appeared to be diecast aluminum, and each used a spring-steel insert to retain its leather wrap.
Most interesting, however, is that all of the upholstery staples on the CH-34s were covered with a thin strip of leather. This was a lovely little detail. The Rosengren Hansen chairs, in contrast, used black cloth tape to cover the upholstery staples.

Just a few more pics....

Beautiful work, hound. Nice in-progress detail pics, too. Thank you.
Not that it matters, but I'm pretty sure that if you had dug out one of those elongated plugs near the ends of the backrests, you'd have found an off-the-shelf square steel nut (try to find those anymore) in the slot and not a threaded insert. An incidental and minor point, to be sure.

Wow!
Very well done. Love the pumpkin leather. Hug your wife.
Best,
Aunt Mark

Gorgeous!!