A red polyester and grey lacquered steel chair 'Fauteuil no. 416'

DESIGNED BY WIM RIETVELD (1924-1985) AND ANDRÉ CORDEMEYER (1924-1998) FOR GISPEN IN 1957, CIRCA 1957-1958

Details

A red polyester and grey lacquered steel chair 'Fauteuil no. 416'
Designed by Wim Rietveld (1924-1985) and André Cordemeyer (1924-1998) for Gispen in 1957, circa 1957-1958
The back, arms and seat from one piece, supported by a tubular frame
74 cm. high x 71 cm. wide x 74 cm. deep

Provenance

Gerrit Th. Rietveld until 1961;
Bertus Mulder, Utrecht.

Literature

COMPARABLE LITERATURE:
Barbara Laan and André Koch, collectie Gispen, meubels, lampen en archivalia in het NAi, 1916-1980, Rotterdam, 1996, p. 51, with an illustration of a similar chair.
1. Page 280, cat. nr. 518 with an illustration of a photograph taken in ca. 1957 of the living room of the Cordemeyer house in Apeldoorn designed by Gerrit Rietveld in 1956-1957. The living room is furnished with three No. 416 fauteuils.

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Lot Essay

In 1956, A.R. Cordemeyer was appointed at Gispen. He joined the team with Wim Rietveld, Gerrit's son who succeeded W.H. Gispen in 1953. Cordemeyer and Rietveld led to the introduction of the plastic furniture at Gispen. Together they designed armchair No. 416: this was made of polyester, and one of the first industrially manufactured plastic chairs in the Netherlands. The marketing campaign referred to the chair as the 'Stravinsky among chairs'. Wim Rietveld left the Gispen compagny on 30 June 1957.

The chair on offer was part of the interior of the Rietveld home at Vredenburg in Utrecht.

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