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Product sheet Galaxy chair

Architonic-ID:  4101770
Designer:
Walter Pichler
Manufacturer:
R. Svoboda & Co
Year: 1966
 
A rare Galaxy chair, designed in 1966 by Walter Pichler for R. Svoboda & Co, Vienna, glazed, naturally anodized aluminium plate, spring support, the cushions covered with original orange fabric, with alternative covering, height 70 cm, depth 83 cm, width 91.5 cm, height of seat 40 cm.
Original condition. An important example of Space Age Design.
Provenance: From the furnishings of the ORF building in Graz - private ownership, Vienna.
Literature: G. Koller, Die Radikalisierung der Phantasie. Design aus Österreich, Salzburg 1987, pages 211-212, photograph - Ph. Garner, Sixties Design, Cologne 1996, page 122, photograph - Ch. & P. Fiell, 1000 chairs, Cologne 1997, page 418.
estimated value: 
3000-4000 EUR
reached price: 
8000 EUR
 
Auction: 
Design

Sales date: 2003-05-06
location: Vienna, Austria
Lot number: 260
 
Auction House:
Dorotheum
Address:

Dorotheum


Austria

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Designer:

Walter Pichler


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