Lot 258
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Two pinewood Crate easy chairs and a coffeetable
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Two pinewood Crate easy chairs and a coffeetable

DESIGNED BY GERRIT TH. RIETVELD IN 1934

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Two pinewood Crate easy chairs and a coffeetable
Designed by Gerrit Th. Rietveld in 1934
The chairs with slatted angled backs and open angled seats between open armrests and square uprights, the table of slat construction, the top supported by an X-stretcher attached to slattted legs
The table 47cm. high x 63cm. wide x 48.5cm. deep
See illustration (3)
Special notice
Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20.825% of the hammer price for lots with values up to NLG 200,000. If the hammer price exceeds the NLG 200,000 then the premium is calculated at 20.825% of the first NLG 200,000 plus 11.9% of any amount in excess of NLG 200,000.

Lot Essay

For comparison see:
Peter Vöge, The Complete Rietveld Furniture, Rotterdam, 1993, p. 88, no. 133
Marijke Küper and Ida van Zijl, G.Th. Rietveld 1888-1964, het volledige werk, Utrecht, 1992, pp. 155-156

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