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A BENT LAMINATED WOOD AND STEEL 'BEUGELFAUTEUIL'
BY GERRIT RIETVELD, CIRCA 1927
The laminated wood seat rolled at crest and skirt and continuing to form the back and seat, supported upon a conforming bent tubular steel frame, with two attached rectangular arms, the entire piece painted white-36in.(90.2cm.)high, 23 3/4in.(60.4cm.)wide, 28in.(71.2cm.) deep
BY GERRIT RIETVELD, CIRCA 1927
The laminated wood seat rolled at crest and skirt and continuing to form the back and seat, supported upon a conforming bent tubular steel frame, with two attached rectangular arms, the entire piece painted white-36in.(90.2cm.)high, 23 3/4in.(60.4cm.)wide, 28in.(71.2cm.) deep
Provenance
D.H. Dijkstra, purchased in 1934 for his house in Groet, Nord-Holland via the architect Benjamin Markelbach
Sotheby's Amsterdam, September 30, 1986, lot 233A
cf. Daniele Baroni, The Furniture of Gerrrit Thomas Rietveld, Barrons, New York, 1978, pp. 114-119 for an illustration of this design and other variants
Sotheby's Amsterdam, September 30, 1986, lot 233A
cf. Daniele Baroni, The Furniture of Gerrrit Thomas Rietveld, Barrons, New York, 1978, pp. 114-119 for an illustration of this design and other variants