Designed in 1938 based on an original design by Viggo Boesen in 1938, the VB3 Petra lounge chair follows on from the amazing success of the Little Petra. Petra is a lounge chair with a high-set, winged-backrest and unparalleled comfort.
The Petra lounge chair is named after Boesen’s mother-in-law, Petra – said to be a small woman with a big personality, her presence is felt in the embracing body of the armchair’s design. The Petra lounge chair now carries that same bold character and aesthetic but in larger proportions. Respecting Boesen’s love of natural materials, the legs of the chair have been crafted in oak or walnut.
Materials: Oak or Walnut wooden base, HR foam, polyester wadding. A choice of upholstery including a range of sheepskin finishes or Dedar Karakorum (42% wool, 33% viscose, 24% cotton, 1% nylon) fabric.
Viggo Boesen is a relatively little known architect who contributed to Denmark’s signature design aesthetic in the 1930s. In particular, his work reflected Scandinavian ‘Funkis’ style, a Nordic take on Art Deco. In contrast to mass-produced materials and the less-is-more approach from the Bauhaus school of thought, Boesen brought a soft, warm and almost naive aspect to design, ushering in new forms of upholstered furniture. Only a few of his designs were ever produced, yet Boesen’s original ideas, organic shapes and expressive design lingo were precursors to Denmark’s subsequent stance on modernism in the decades that followed.
