Arne Jacobsen, the Egg chair, 1958 Arne Jacobsen's architecture is characterized by a clear design language oriented towards geometry and material. This was derived less from the function, as is often portrayed, but arose from Jacobsen's rigid modernist concept, to which, in private everyday life, his family also had to submit. Jacobsen was seen by critics as an architectural dictator who…Arne Jacobsen's No. 7 chair is known for being the prop used to hide Christine Keeler's nakedness in the iconic photograph of her taken by Lewis Morley in 1963. Morley just happened to use a chair that he had in the studio, which turned out to have been a copy of Jacobsen's design. Since then 'Number 7' chairs have been used for many similar portraits imitating the pose. The Seven has featured on the set of the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
Arne Jacobsen, the Egg chair, 1958

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Arne Jacobsen's architecture is characterized by a clear design language oriented towards geometry and material. This was derived less from the function, as is often portrayed, but arose from Jacobsen's rigid modernist concept, to which, in private everyday life, his family also had to submit. Jacobsen was seen by critics as an architectural dictator who…Arne Jacobsen's No. 7 chair is known for being the prop used to hide Christine Keeler's nakedness in the iconic photograph of her taken by Lewis Morley in 1963. Morley just happened to use a chair that he had in the studio, which turned out to have been a copy of Jacobsen's design. Since then 'Number 7' chairs have been used for many similar portraits imitating the pose. The Seven has featured on the set of the BBC soap opera EastEnders.

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