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Lot 41
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Gerrit Rietveld

Estimate
12,000 - 15,000 EUR
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Description

  • Gerrit Thomas Rietveld
  • Beugelstoel, designed in 1927, realised by Metz & Co circa 1930
  • white laminated wood and aluminium
  • 72,7 x 39,7 x 57,1 cm ; 28  5/8  x 15  5/8  x 22  1/2  in.
white laminated wood and painted steel

Provenance

Vente Wright, Chicago, October 7, 2007, lot 308
Private collection, Belgium

Literature

Daniele Baroni, The Furniture of Gerrit Thomas Rietveld, New York, 1978, pp. 97, 116-117
Marijke Küper et Ida van Zijl, Gerrit Th. Rietveld, Utrecht, 1992, pp. 118 and 137

Condition

Condition consistent with age and use. Scratches and numerous chips of the white laminate, reveling the wood underneath. There are two different layers of white paint. The one underneath is most likely the original one. The other one seems old but might have been appled at a later stage. Oxidation and chips on the metal.
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