Arne Jacobsen/Fritz Hansen Egg Chair: Detail Video

We’ve been amazingly lucky to have four immigrants from the Republic of Fritz Hansen take up residence at Civilizr HQ recently in the form of leather Arne Jacobsen Egg Chairs. There’s much to say about these design icons, but here’s what we marveled at first: how two hides are so seamlessly and marvelously stretched over the frame with that single curved seam. We wanted to see how it was done, and found this video, worth a watch:

A great history with photos can be found on Radisson Blu’s site.