Poul Henningsen, Slangestolen, 1932

Poul Henningsen var en af de få danske arkitekter, som dyrkede den internationale modernisme og sympatiserede med fx Bauhaus- skolen i Tyskland. Poul Henningsen prøver med sin slangestol at overgå de kendte frisvingerstole med to ben af fx Marcel Breuer. Ét stålrør er bøjet rundt og udgør hele stolens konstruktion, og stolen har i princippet kun ét ben.

Poul Henningsen, The Snake Chair, 1932

Poul Henningsen was one of the few Danish architects to cultivate international modernism and to sympathise with the likes of the German Bauhaus school. With his Snake Chair, Poul Henningsen attempted to surpass the familiar two-legged cantilever chairs by Marcel Breuer among others. A single steel tube, which is twisted round, constitutes the entire structure of the chair, which in principle has only one leg.