Portex armchair | Dorotheum
Estimated value: 725-1450 EUR
Auction:
Design
Sales date: 2001-11-12
Location:
Vienna, Austria
Lot number: 140
Design
Peter Hvidt, Molgaard NielsenYear 1944
Manufacturer Thonet Vienna
Architonic id
4102213
A «Portex» armchair, designed by Peter Hvidt and Molgaard Nielsen, 1944, manufactured by Thonet Vienna around 1950, beechwood and plywood, with Thonet label, stackable, height 78 cm, width 61 cm, depth 60 cm, height of seat 39 cm. This armchair was first produced in teakwood as « Portex Stacking Chair « by Portex, Denmark, in the 50ies in beechwood by Fritz Hansen, Copenhagen, Denmark, and also by Thonet in Austria.
Bibl.: Georg Nelson»Chairs» New York USA, 1953, p. 43 - N. Oda, Danish Chairs, San Francisco 1999, pp. 78 and 79.
Bibl.: Georg Nelson»Chairs» New York USA, 1953, p. 43 - N. Oda, Danish Chairs, San Francisco 1999, pp. 78 and 79.
