A rare chair, designed by Jan van Vliet
, 1951, for Metz & Co, Netherlands, grey lacquered tubular steel, red and off-white coated laminated wood seat and back, rubber cap feet, height 70 cm, width 53 cm, depth 65 cm, height of seat 33 cm. (DRAX)
Provenance:
private collection, Germany; purchased in The Hague in the 1990s
Lit.:
P. Timmer, Metz & Co: de creatieve Jaren, 1995, p. 163
A further example is at the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo.
Only few examples were realised of this lacquered tripod chair, which is based on a colour scheme conceived by De Stijl artist Bart van der Leck. Metz was the leading vendor of avant-garde design in the early 1930s andsaw to the production of designs by Marcel Breuer, Gerrit Rietveld, Sonia Delaunay, Bart van der Leck, and others.
27.03.2019 - 17:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 8,000.- to EUR 14,000.-
A rare chair, designed by Jan van Vliet
, 1951, for Metz & Co, Netherlands, grey lacquered tubular steel, red and off-white coated laminated wood seat and back, rubber cap feet, height 70 cm, width 53 cm, depth 65 cm, height of seat 33 cm. (DRAX)
Provenance:
private collection, Germany; purchased in The Hague in the 1990s
Lit.:
P. Timmer, Metz & Co: de creatieve Jaren, 1995, p. 163
A further example is at the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo.
Only few examples were realised of this lacquered tripod chair, which is based on a colour scheme conceived by De Stijl artist Bart van der Leck. Metz was the leading vendor of avant-garde design in the early 1930s andsaw to the production of designs by Marcel Breuer, Gerrit Rietveld, Sonia Delaunay, Bart van der Leck, and others.
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| Auction: | Design First |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 27.03.2019 - 17:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 19.03. - 27.03.2019 |