Live Auction 2392Historical Design Reflects: The East 61st Street Years
Christie’s roundel
Lot 357

LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE (1886-1969)

A 'MR 534' CHROMED TUBULAR METAL AND CANVAS ARMCHAIR, DESIGNED 1927

Closed8 December 2009

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LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE (1886-1969)
A 'MR 534' Chromed Tubular Metal and Canvas Armchair, designed 1927
manufactured by Gebrüder Thonet, Vienna; with stained wood armrests
31 1/8 in. (79.1 cm.) high

By repute, this chair was given by Bart van der Leck and his daughter in the late 1940s to their family doctor, then to the latter's widow.

Specialist note

cf. C. Wilk, Thonet: 150 Years of Furniture, London, 1980, p. 106 for an illustration of a chair of this model.