DESIGNED BY GERRIT TH. RIETVELD IN 1923

Details

A piano chair
Designed by Gerrit Th. Rietveld in 1923
The framework composed of nine tubular wooden ebonised billets, their terminals painted red, with black leather backrest
See illustration

Provenance

Given to the present owner from the estate of the artist Willem van Leusden

Special notice

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Lot Essay

For comparison see:
Peter Vöge, The complete Rietveld furniture, Rotterdam 1993, pp. 60-61, no. 49
Marijke Küper and Ida van Zijl, Gerrit Th. Rietveld 1888-1964, Utrecht 1992, p. 90. no. 68

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