Live Auction 2868The Decorative Arts Sale
A PAIR OF ELMWOOD 'ZIG-ZAG' CHAIRS
Lot 194

A PAIR OF ELMWOOD 'ZIG-ZAG' CHAIRS

DESIGNED BY G.TH. RIETVELD IN 1932-1933, EXECUTED BEFORE 1958

Closed5 October 2011

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EUR 20,000

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A PAIR OF ELMWOOD 'ZIG-ZAG' CHAIRS
DESIGNED BY G.TH. RIETVELD IN 1932-1933, EXECUTED BEFORE 1958
Composed of four tapering rectangular planks, joined with screws and dovetail-joints, the back pierced with two holes, the seat pierced with one hole, traces of white pipe clay wash
73 cm. high x 36.5 cm. wide x 41 cm. deep

Violette Cornelius (1919-1998); thence by descent to her son Florian Huckriede (b. 1946).

Specialist note

cf. M. Küper, I. van Zijl, Gerrit Th. Rietveld 1888-1964. Het volledige werk, Utrecht (Centraal Museum) 1992, nr. 189, pp. 145-147, with ill.