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WORKSHOP OF GERRIT THOMAS RIETVELD (1888-1904) & GERARD VAN DE GROENEKAN (1904-1994)
Lot 211

WORKSHOP OF GERRIT THOMAS RIETVELD (1888-1904) & GERARD VAN DE GROENEKAN (1904-1994)

A FULL-SIZE MAQUETTE FOR A LOUNGE CHAIR, MID-20TH CENTURY

Closed30 April 2014

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GBP 2,250

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WORKSHOP OF GERRIT THOMAS RIETVELD (1888-1904) & GERARD VAN DE GROENEKAN (1904-1994)
A FULL-SIZE MAQUETTE FOR A LOUNGE CHAIR, MID-20TH CENTURY
pine, in four elements, together with a related technical design illustration, ink on graph paper (29.5 x 21 cm.), and a corresponding photostastic technical design illustration (47 x 53 cm.)
maquette; 27.1/4 in. (69 cm.) high; 29.1/2 in. (75 cm.) wide; 29.1/2 in. (75 cm.) deep

Gerard Van de Groenekan;
From whom acquired by the vendor, 1992.

Specialist note

Originally designed in 1936, the production of this design was halted in 1939, before being re-entering production in 1953.