Live Auction 3019The Jan & Monique des Bouvrie Collection
Gerrit Thomas Rietveld (1888-1964)
Lot 208

Gerrit Thomas Rietveld (1888-1964)

A set of six black and white military chairs and a table

Closed6 September 2011

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EUR 4,375

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Gerrit Thomas Rietveld (1888-1964)
A set of six black and white military chairs and a table
Recently executed by RIETVELD by Rietveld
painted oak
the table 76 cm. high x 200 cm. wide x 80 cm. deep
Conceived in 1923, each with a label to the underside inscribed made by RIETVELD BY RIETVELD MC 60 (the chairs up to and including 65) Militaire stoel (the table MT 00029 Militaire tafel) Stichting auteursrechten Gerrit Th. Rietveld 2005 c/o Beeldrecht, Nederland (7)

Specialist note

Rietveld was commisioned by P. van der Pluym, owner of Wessels shop, to make furniture for the Katholiek Militair Tehuis (Catholic Servicemans Home) in Utrecht in 1923. For this furniture, the stretchers and legs are attached using halving joints that are strengthened with sturdy nuts and bolts. The top does not rest directly on the longitudinal stretchers but on a number of narrow cross pieces to create a light, spacious construction. Rietveld experimented with this technique as early as 1918 when he made a table for B. de Ligt.