Chairs, Chair Design and Chair Designers
Early Rietveld Chair with a Story Recently this “Green-Painted White-wood and Leather Upright Armchair ‘Bankstoeltje’” by Gerrit Rietveld was sold at Christies for €16,250 ($20,977) in an Amsterdam sale of belongings to Bertus Mulder who had freelanced for Gerrit Rietveld in the early 60ies. It was executed in Rietveld’s workshop, most probably circa 1908. Preface … Continue reading “Early Rietveld Chair with a Story”
cosascool: Iván Navarro
And then, then I find Mid Mod Design, a Dutch collector and seller of mid 20ieth century modern furniture, who had this very interesting chair for sale. The chair was designed by Amsterdam based Dutch artist John Striegel in 1983. Originally he planned to make 100 of them, but he found out that was too … Continue reading “Chair after Rietveld by John Striegel and Barkey”
Rietveld Red and Blue Chair Reconstructed in aluminum by Peter Donders You can find Belgian designer Peter Donders on Pinterest nowadays and it is interesting to see that he published this new chair he coined “Rietveld Minimal Surface” there rather than on his own site first.
whittled-whipped: Beugelstoel (1927) – Gerrit Rietveld (Source: Reformatorisch Dagblad)