Lot Essay
Cf. The furniture of Gerrith Thomas Rietveld, Daniele Baroni, 1977, p. 114 & 115 for an illustration of a similar chair
Details
A BEUGELSTOEL, designed by Gerrit Thomas Rietveld, painted metal tubing and black stained plywood, the frame composed of two continuous curving stips of metal tubing, the curved plywood folded over the frame to form the seat and backrest, the plywood joined to the frame by revealed nuts and bolts
Provenance
Rietveld was married to the sister of the grandfather of the present owners.