Military Chair by Gerrit Rietveld

Found this Military Chair by Gerrit Rietveld at Wright where it fetched $21,600 in 2008. Update: Same or similar chair fetched $21,250 in 2012

Rietveld Medina Crate Chair Variation by David van der Veldt

The Medina Variation of Rietveld’s Crate Chair by Dutch designer David van der Veldt, or, as Van der Veldt says: “The Medina Rietveld Fauteuil”. In August, 2010 David van der Veldt was invited to particiate in a project called “ICI Casa ville inventieve” in Casablanca, Morocco. Through engaging in the daily life of Casablanca the … Continue reading “Rietveld Medina Crate Chair Variation by David van der Veldt”

Left-handed Rietveld Red and Blue Chair interpretation by Julien Berthier

And another Rietveld interpretation. This time a funny one by Julien Berthier Red and Blue Chair” by Gerrit Rietveld (1918) drawn with my left hand, and built by scrupulously following the resulting drawing. The prototype was then given to a carpenter who produced a series of five identical copies. via Julien Berthier. With thanks to … Continue reading “Left-handed Rietveld Red and Blue Chair interpretation by Julien Berthier”

Utrecht Sofa by Gerrit Rietveld

Recently I saw some traffic here from a Greek Language Blog R Deco. It appeared they had an animated discussion about the color of a sofa and the author mentioned the Utrecht or Metz Chair by Gerrit Thomas Rietveld that I have featured here already in several posts in October 2009, in April 2009, in … Continue reading “Utrecht Sofa by Gerrit Rietveld”

Rietveld Zig Zag Variation 17 – with Writing Arm by Garry Knox Bennett

Rietveld Zig Zag Variation 17 – with Writing Arm by Garry Knox Bennett. Here Vladimir Kagan admires it at the 2010 Furniture Society Conference. His post about the MIT conference of the Furniture Society inspired me to track GKB down with the amazing discovery that GKB did not make 0ne but a whole series of … Continue reading “Rietveld Zig Zag Variation 17 – with Writing Arm by Garry Knox Bennett”