Arne Jacobsen for Fritz Hansen light blue wooden "Butterfly" chair, Denmark 1997

Light blue Butterfly dining chair by Arne Jacobsen. The plastic cap is missing.

Arne Jacobsen was a Danish architect and designer. He is remembered for his contribution to architectural Functionalism. He was succesfull with his simple but effective chair designs. Jacobsen was admitted to the Architecture School at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. He have won the C. F. Hansen Medal (1955) and the year after winning the "House of the Future" award, Arne Jacobsen set up his own office.