A PINEWOOD 'ZIG-ZAG' CHAIR

DESIGNED BY GERRIT TH. RIETVELD IN 1932, EXECUTED BY G.A. VAN DE GROENEKAN, CIRCA 1937

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A PINEWOOD 'ZIG-ZAG' CHAIR
DESIGNED BY GERRIT TH. RIETVELD IN 1932, EXECUTED BY G.A. VAN DE GROENEKAN, CIRCA 1937
COMPOSED OF FOUR TAPERING RECTANGULAR SECTIONS HELD TOGETHER WITH SCREWS AND DOVE-TAIL JOINTS
77.6CM. HIGH

Provenance

GERRIT TH. RIETVELD ELISABETH ESKES-RIETVELD THENCE BY DESCENT TO PRESENT OWNER

Literature

FOR COMPARISON SEE:
CHARLOTTE AND PETER FIELL, 1000 CHAIRS, KLN, P. 215
PETER VGE, THE COMPLETE RIETVELD FURNITURE, ROTTERDAM 1993, FRONTCOVER
MARIJKE KPER AND IDA VAN ZIJL, GERRIT TH. RIETVELD 1888-1964, HET VOLLEDIGE WERK, UTRECHT 1992, PP. 145-147

Lot Essay

AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR RIETVELD'S ELDEST DAUGHTER, ELISABETH ESKES-RIETVELD, RETURNED FROM THE DUTCH INDIES AND MOVED IN WITH HER PARENTS AT THE VREDENBURG IN UTRECHT. NOT OWNING ANY FURNITURE WHEN SHE LEFT HER PARENT'S HOUSE AROUND 1948, SHE WAS GIVEN A SET OF ZIGZAG-CHAIRS. SEE BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATION OF THE RIETVELD FAMILY IN THEIR HOUSE AT VREDENBURG IN UTRECHT.

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