BY G.TH. RIETVELD, DESIGNED 1923, EXECUTED 1928-29

Details

A Piano Chair
By G.Th. Rietveld, designed 1923, executed 1928-29
The framework composed of nine tubular wooden ebonised billets, their terminals painted violet, with brown leather seat and backrest
See illustration

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. M. Kolthoff
Thence by descent to the present owner

Special notice

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Lot Essay

For comparison see:
Peter Vöge, The Complete Rietveld Furniture, Rotterdam, 1993, pp.60-61, no.49
Marijke Küper and Ida van Zijl, Gerrit Th. Rietveld 1888-1964, het volledige werk, Utrecht 1992, p.90, no.68

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