'LANDI-STUHL', A METAL STACKING ARMCHAIR, designed by Hans Coray (1939) and executed by Metallwarenfabrik Blattmann, Wädenswill, silver-painted and curved strips of metal and shaped and perforated metal, the frame consisting of two inverted U-shaped metal strips joined by square stretcher, and supporting the metal rectangular sheet folded to form seat and backrest, the seat with thirty-two holes and the backrest with forty-nine holes, impressed Metallwaren Fabrik Waedenswill (before 1962)

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'LANDI-STUHL', A METAL STACKING ARMCHAIR, designed by Hans Coray (1939) and executed by Metallwarenfabrik Blattmann, Wädenswill, silver-painted and curved strips of metal and shaped and perforated metal, the frame consisting of two inverted U-shaped metal strips joined by square stretcher, and supporting the metal rectangular sheet folded to form seat and backrest, the seat with thirty-two holes and the backrest with forty-nine holes, impressed Metallwaren Fabrik Waedenswill (before 1962)

Lot Essay

The 'Landi' chair derives its name from the 'Landes Ausstellung' in Zürich in 1939. From 1939 till 1962 the chair was produced by Blattmann with 7 x 7 holes at the back. Later versions by various manufactures have 6 x 6 holes or 6 x 5 holes at the back

cf. KurtJ ürgen Sembach, Contemporary Furniture, London, 1982, no. 24 & 25 for similar chairs
Clement Meadmore, The modern chair, Classics in production, Studio Vista, 1974, p. 80 for a similar chair

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