Taking inspiration from classic safari chairs and Roorkhee campaign chairs, Kaare Klint has enhanced, simplified, and clarified the design to create a remarkable reinterpretation. The result is a lightweight and sophisticated folding chair, showcasing the attention to detail and artisanship lavished on it by the talented makers at Carl Hansen & Son.
The original British Army campaign chairs are one of the oldest examples of self-assembled furniture, a tradition Klint has honoured in this updated design, using buckled saddle leather straps to secure the frame together. Rather than relying on joinery or glue to bear the user's weight, the chair uses tension to hold the wooden parts together, providing a structure that conforms to the sitter's body.
Chairs of this kind have been in production since 1898, and have been used across the world by generations of adventurers, explorers, and other travellers. Klint's inspiration for the chair was found in a photograph of two American photographers on safari, which he used as the basis for his elegant indoor version.
