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THE TONGUE
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DESIGN BY ARNE JACOBSEN 1955 THE TONGUE Designed in 1955 for Munkegård School in Denmark, the Tongue is Arne Jacobsen’s second completed chair design - coming right after the Ant chair. It was later placed in the rooms at the Royal Hotel in Copenhagen, where it was also modified for use as a bar stool. Yet the Tongue wasn’t available internationally until the 1980s and even then only for a short while. Now returning to its proper place in Jacobsen’s legacy, the Tongue has been restored by HOWE engineering expertise. The chair’s aesthetics are exactly as Jacobsen specified, with additional strength provided through precision engineering and the application of high-quality materials - matching Arne Jacobsen’s own vision for the Tongue.

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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION The Tongue chair is a classic Arne Jacobsen design. It has the immediately recognisable characteristics of the organic wave-form in the seat; complemented with highly sculptural, splayed legs. The Tongue is FSC certified. PRODUCT DETAILS VENEER VERSION The surface veneer is in matt lacquered 0,6 mm knife-cut sanded veneer on both sides. The inner layers are in 1,0 mm rotary cut birch: 7 layers on shell. The thickness of the shell is 9-10 mm. Standard finishes: Walnut, oak, and beech as well as stained in black, white and teak. UPHOLSTERED VERSION The...

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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT DIMENSIONS VENEER VERSION Depth of shell: 393 mm Height of chair: Width of shell Depth of chair: at widest point: 350 mm Width of chair: Seating height: 436 mm DIMENSIONS UPHOLSTERED VERSION Depth of shell: 388 mm Height of chair: Width of shell Depth of chair: at widest point: 351 mm Width of chair: Seating height: 445 mm WEIGHT Chair, veneer version: 3,8 kg. Chair, upholstered version: 4,3 kg. ERGONOMY & ENVIRONMENT The chairs triple curved form moulds to body's natural contours. The waterfall shell design does...

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