The Faaborg Chair ushered in a new era for Danish design, creating a foundation for its development and for what we now associate with the Danish Modern phenomenon that put Danish design on the world map in the 1950s.

Klint designed the Faaborg Chair in 1914 as a young employee of Danish architect Carl Petersen. He meticulously considered every aspect of the design to ensure it fulfilled its intended function, arriving at a light and portable solution that allowed museum visitors to position the chair in front of the paintings they wished to study in greater detail.

The chair's unembellished design and the unity between its structure, materials and function set it apart from its predecessors while showcasing Klint's unique style and persona: he was at once an aesthete and a functionalist, and traditional with a modern, systematic approach. The Faaborg Chair design drew on Klint's outstanding sense of space and proportion and combined architectural and design knowledge, resulting in an elegant, classic form.

Today, the Faaborg Chair is regarded as a landmark work with a key place in Danish design history as the first Danish modern design classic. The chair forms an integral part of the gesamtkunstwerk, or total work of art, that is the Faaborg Museum, with 18 historic chairs remaining on permanent display in the large exhibition hall.

Originally manufactured with French canework on both the seat and rounded back so as not to obstruct views of the gallery's beautiful mosaic floor, the chair has been produced with a seat upholstered with goat leather or oxhide since 1964. The chair itself is available in walnut, mahogany or European cherry and features handwoven French canework on the rounded backrest.