Arne Jacobsen for Fritz Hansen white wooden "Butterfly"chairs, Denmark 1970's

White Butterfly dining chairs by Arne Jacobsen. With the plastic caps.
We are not sure if they were white originally, but they look like they have been repainted once.

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.