Lot 614
614
A "BEUGELSTOEL" DESIGNED BY GERRIT THOMAS RIETVELD, silver painted metal tubing and curved cream-coloured fibre, the frame composed of two continuous curving strips of metal tubing, the curved fibre folded over the frame to form the seat and seat-back, the fibre joined to the frame by small revealed nuts and bolts (few nuts and bolts missing) 74 cm high x 38.5 cm wide x 57 cm deep

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A "BEUGELSTOEL" DESIGNED BY GERRIT THOMAS RIETVELD, silver painted metal tubing and curved cream-coloured fibre, the frame composed of two continuous curving strips of metal tubing, the curved fibre folded over the frame to form the seat and seat-back, the fibre joined to the frame by small revealed nuts and bolts (few nuts and bolts missing) 74 cm high x 38.5 cm wide x 57 cm deep
Provenance
Schröder family, Utrecht
Further details
END OF SALE

Lot Essay

This chair is an experimental model. It was made to see how the fibre would react. According to the present owner, this chair was made by Rieveld with the help of Han Schröder, the youngest daughter of Mrs. Schröder, at their house in Utrecht Cf. The furniture of Gerrit Thomas Rietveld, Daniele Baroni, 1977, p. 116 were a similar model is illustrated See illustration

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