About The Item

Designers Rune Krojgaard and Knut Bendik Humlevik, along with Norr11 founder and partner Tommy Hyldahl, went on a quest to China looking for inspiration to design a modern Scandinavian take on the ancient Chinese Horseshoe Chair. It can be said that the design goes more than 700 years back, as they found an armrest on a chair dating back to the Yuan Dynasty, a period where Marco Polo was still in China. This became the inspiration for the Shanghai Chair. They started working with talented craftspeople and through trial and error, tweaking small details over the years, the final result is a distinctively modern take on the Yuan Dynasty's Horseshoe chair. The Shanghai Chair features a steam bent solid ash wood frame and a seat of handwoven paper cord or leather. The back and the armrest play a central role in the chair's construction, giving it an iconic shape and firm support. The high back provides comfortable support and the armrest effortlessly surrounds the body of the chair. The paper cord seat is hand-woven.