'Zwaan' easy chair | Sotheby´s

Estimated value: 1500-2000 EUR

Auction:
20th Century Decorative Arts & Design

Sales date: 2003-06-03

Location:
Amsterdam

Lot number: 305

Design

Gerrit Rietveld
Year 1958
Manufacturer Artifort

Architonic id

4103189

Wooden structure with spring filled seat and backrest, applied with two rectangular armrests, upholstered in mottled grey De Ploeg fabric
height 73cm

Literature: Cf. M. Küper & I. van Zijl, Gerrit Th. Rietveld 1888-1964, het volledige werk, p. 298, no. 559: this model, designed by Rietveld for the Brussels 1958 World Fair, failed to appeal to a large public and was taken out of production by Artifort short thereafter