Estimated value: 2500-3000 EUR
Auction:
Design
Sales date: 2003-05-06
Location:
Vienna, Austria
Lot number: 223
Design
Ueli & Susi Berger
Year
1967
Manufacturer
Viktoria Werke ag., Baar/CH
Architonic id
4101757
A pair of rare Soft Chairs from the 992 seat elements system, designed in 1967 by Ueli & Susi Berger for Viktoria Werke AG, Baar/Switzerland, produced between 1970 and 1974, polyether foam block, white vinyl covering, height 70 cm, width 62 cm, depth 95 cm, height of seat 34 cm.
The additive seat profile is cut from an angular block. The reverse covering has five ventilation openings. The Soft Chair figures in the design collection of the Museum of Modert Art in New York.
Literature: A. Rüegg, Schweizer Möbel und Interieurs im 20. Jahrhundert, 2000, page 37 - Ideales Heim, June 1994, page 57, special edition dedicated to Swiss furniture.