Arne Jacobsen originally designed the Lily chair for the Danish National Bank back in 1968, and the model with the armrests followed two years later in the course of the Danish Furniture Fair. The special thing about the chair is its texture, because it consists of layers of sliced veneer that are moulded in a highly complicated process . This is how the perfect curves and the extraordinary comfort of the Lilie chair are created.

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary, Fritz Hansen decided to reissue the chair in its original version made of walnut veneer.

Designer Arne Jacobsen

Already in 1934, Arne Jacobsen worked together with Fritz Hansen. But it was not until 1952 that he made his breakthrough with "the ant", which was followed by the well-known and popular Series 7 in 1955. Arne Jacobsen was extremely productive both as a designer and as an architect. He designed the SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen at the end of the 1950s and developed the Egg, the Swan and the Series 3300 for this project.

Material and format

The shell is made of pressure-moulded veneer - that is, eight layers of inner veneer and two outer veneers, in the front and back of the shell. The inner veneer is made of beech and the outer veneer of walnut. The base is made of chromed steel tubes.

Each anniversary chair comes with a special emblem that is placed under the chair. It is 62 cm wide, 49 cm deep and 83 cm high. The seat height is 46 cm and the armrests 72 cm.

You can find the following fabric and leather qualities:

Fame: 95% wool, 5% polyamide
Tonus: 90% worsted wool, 10% Helanca
Hallingdal: 70% pure wool, 30% viscose
Divina / Divina Melange: 100% pure wool
Canvas: 90% pure new wool (combed), 10% nylon
Fiord: 92% new wool (combed), 8% nylon
Steelcut Trio: 90% new wool (combed), 10% nylon
Christianshavn: 85% New Zealand wool, 15% poylamide
Embrace leather: thickness 1.2-1.4 mm. chrome-tanned, grained, exceptional soft aniline with special waxing for a light oily finish. Visible natural features (e.g. neck wrinkles)
Natural leather: Vegetable-tanned, completely chrome-free natural leather without colour or protective varnish. Darkens with use and acquires a patina. Thickness 1.2-1.4 mm.
Rustik leather: Vegetable-tanned, completely chrome-free aniline leather without protective varnish with a light impregnation and visible natural features. Becomes lighter with use and acquires a patina. Thickness 1.2-1.4 mm.
Grace leather: Vegetable & chrome tanned aniline leather, full-grain, with light structure and light impregnation. Becomes lighter with use and gets patin. Thickness approx. 1.4-1.6 mm.

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Product number:	FRITZ HANSEN 3208
Manufacturer	Fritz Hansen
Design Year	1970
Designer	Arne Jacobsen
Herstellerartikelnummer	3208
Shipping method	Forwarding agent
Width (cm)	62
Depth (cm)	49
Height (cm)	83
Seating height (cm)	46