danish cord

Danish cord is another twisted kraft paper product, a bit more tightly twisted than the fiber-rush. It is rather expensive, and the process is usually quite involved.

This is probably the most well-known type seat on Danish modern chairs. If you look underneath the seat you will see that the cord is wrapped continuously around dozens of hooked nails. The method I use involved almost entirely all th

This is known as the "wishbone" Danish chair, the back of the chair looks like a wishbone that stems from the center of the seat. There is a slot there, that the cord material has to be fed thru to completer the seat, which is usually done like the pyramid pattern fiber seating. The original way leaves an open space at both front legs (if you have a wishbone chair, you know what I mean). When I to

Unknown to me why this picture isn't the same size as the others, this is what I am calling the slotted style. The back is just wrapped, but the seat has narrow slots in the side bars that the cord has to pass thru to complete the weave. Obiously quite a laborious task!