Sofa “De Toekmost” | Dorotheum

Estimated value: 1800-2200 EUR

Auction:
Design

Sales date: 2003-05-06

Location:
Vienna, Austria

Lot number: 139

Design

Gerrit Rietveld
Year 1952
Manufacturer De Toekmost

Architonic id

4101720

A De Toekmost sofa, designed in 1952 by Gerrit Rieveld for the De Toekmost furniture factory, Netherlands, stained and waxed solid oak, the upholstery covered with blue fabric (replaced), length 161.5 cm, depth 65 cm, height 72.5 cm, height of seat 39 cm.
Produced only for a brief period.
Literature: comp. 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.