Estimated value: 3800-4200 EUR
Auction:
Design
Sales date: 2003-05-06
Location:
Vienna, Austria
Lot number: 137
Design
Gerrit Rietveld
Year
1952
Manufacturer
De Toekmost
Architonic id
4101719
An armchair (“De Toekmost Easy Chair”),
designed in 1952 by Gerrit Rietveld for the De Toekmost furniture factory, Netherlands, stained and waxed solid oak, the upholstery covered with blue fabric (replaced), height 72.5 cm, width 62 cm, depth 65 cm, height of seat 39 cm.
Produced only for a brief period.
Literature: Goed Wonen, 5, 1952, page 70 - P. Vöge, The Complete Rietveld Furniture, Leiden 1993, page 151, no. 32 - M. Küper- J. v. Zigl, Gerrit Th. Rietveld, 1988-1964, Utrecht 1992, page 249.