Lui5 Highback Chairs by Phillippe Bestenheider – Indexhibit (08)

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Lui5 Highback Chairs by Phillippe Bestenheider – Indexhibit (08)

It started as a question on our FB page. I run the photo through Google Image Search and found Taylor Llorente Furniture and on the basis of the photo there a further search unveiled the Indexhibit based site of Swiss designer Philippe Bestenheider who designed the Lui collection for Fratelli Boffi in 2009.

Rare Wing Chair No. 6541 – Gebrüder Thonet

Rare Thonet Wing Chair

Rare Thonet bentwood Wing Chair.

Lot No. 179
Description
A rare armchair, Model No. 6541, Gebrüder Thonet,

Vienna/Bystritz, 1903/4, bent and stained beech, the upholstery replaced, with stamped Thonet factory mark,
height 113 cm, width 71 cm, depth 84 cm, height of seat 44 cm.

(DR) Provenance: from a villa in Prague.

Lit.: Thonet factory catalogue, 1904 – Thonet factory catalogue, 1911–1915, Vienna 1994, p. 113, no. 6541 – G. Renzi, Il mobile moderno, Milan 2008, p. 118, on Model Nos. 6541 and 6542.

“These armchairs are a rare case in which Gebrüder Thonet managed to be a step ahead of its competitor, Kohn, in the early years of the century. In May 1904, in the company magazine “Thonet Zentral Anzeiger”, two armchairs “with ears” were initially presented with catalogue numbers 1051 and 1052, later changed to 6541 and 6542. The two armchairs were manufactured in Bystritz and were placed on the market one year before Kohn’s 666 Model.” (G. Renzi)

Estimate EUR 2.000,- to 2.500,- (USD 2.850,- to 3.550,-)

Price Realized: EUR 5.625,- on November 22, 2011.

Via Dorotheum.

Armchair by Heinz Frank

Armchair by Heinz Frank

Armchair by Heinz Frank-P1030910

Unexpectedly I was in Vienna a couple of days where I could take some chair photos. A couple in the Dorotheum where an auction of modern Austrian design was held at Leap Day….until I was forbidden to take photos by a attendant and I didn’t want to go through the hassle of obtaining a press permit.

Armchair by Heinz Frank. Heinz must love horses;-)

Austria, 1972/73, nickel plated tubular steel, red leather, red lacquered iron plate, coil springs, height 77 cm, width 70.5 cm, depth 70 cm, height of seat 35 cm. (DR) A unique piece. Provenance: acquired from the artist in the 1970s – private property Vienna.

Estimated at EUR 6.000,- to 7.000,- (USD 8.500,- to 9.900,-) subject to artist surcharge. The chair was not sold.

Via Dorotheum.

The Making of a Smoke Chair

Smoke Chair

Smoke! video by Gwenael Lewis from Moooi on Vimeo.

After the nice photo of Angelina Jolie in a Smoke Chair, now a poetic video of the making of a Smoke Chair by Maarten Baas.

Angelina Jolie & Smoke Armchair by Moooi

Angelina Jolie & Smoke Armchair by Moooi

Sunday treat for ya’ll:

Angelina Jolie looking gorgeous in a Smoke Armchair designed by Maarten Baas for Moooi in 2002.

Via Creative Magnet