BY GERRIT TH. RIETVELD, DESIGNED 1919, EXECUTED CIRCA 1930

Details

An important High Chair
By Gerrit Th. Rietveld, designed 1919, executed circa 1930
Composed of thirteen deal square section billets, with two rectangular section billets forming the armrests, a slim flat rectangular slat forming the footrest, the chair pegged together with wooden dowelling, except for four iron nails attaching the footrest to the frame, with leather seat and backrest
See illustration

Provenance

Personal gift by G.Th. Rietveld to the architect W. Innikel (1892-1962), Utrecht
Thence by descent to the present owner

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The only known other example of this High Chair is in the collection of The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, USA

For comparison see:
Peter Vöge, The Complete Rietveld Furniture, Rotterdam 1993, pp. 54-55, nr.36
Marijke Küper and Ida van Zijl, G.Th. Rietveld 1888-1964, het volledige werk, Utrecht 1992, p.82, nr.48

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