Designer mies Van Der Rohe, year 1927 This cantilever, with leather seat and back was first shown at the Weissenhof Housing Exhibition, 1927. From 1927 till 1930 it was produced by Berliner Metallgewerbe Joseph Muller. In 1931, the technical director of this factory opened his own company, Bamberg Metallwerkstatten, Berlin, which took over the production…
Designer Mies Van Der Rohe, year 1927 This cantilever, with leather seat and back was first shown at the Weissenhof Housing Exhibition, 1927. From 1927 till 1930 it was produced by Berliner Metallgewerbe Joseph Muller. In 1931, the technical director of this factory opened his own company, Bamberg Metallwerkstatten, Berlin, which took over the…
Designer Mies Van Der Rohe, year 1927 This cantilever, with leather seat and back was first shown at the Weissenhof Housing Exhibition, 1927. From 1927 till 1930 it was produced by Berliner Metallgewerbe Joseph Muller. In 1931, the technical director of this factory opened his own company, Bamberg Metallwerkstatten, Berlin, which took over the…
Designer Mies Van Der Rohe, year 1927 This cantilever, with leather seat and back was first shown at the Weissenhof Housing Exhibition, 1927. From 1927 till 1930 it was produced by Berliner Metallgewerbe Joseph Muller. In 1931, the technical director of this factory opened his own company, Bamberg Metallwerkstatten, Berlin, which took over the…
Designer Mallet Stevens, year 1930 This chair is usually attributed to Robert Mallet-Stevens since a very similar chair appears in photographs of the kitchen of his Villa Cavroix of 1932 and in photographs of the furnishings of a large restaurant he designed for the 1935 Salon des Arts Ménàgers. However, Maller-Stevens very often used…
Designer Herbst, year 1930 This high back chair with spring arms was apparently designed and produced a bit later than the armless version (see model 424). It appears in a photograph of a showroom set up by the ceramist-designer, Robert Lallemant in 1931. In 1937, Herbst showed this model with the spring arms with…
Designer Herbst, year 1930 Renè Herbst was a pioneer in the adaptation of simple indutrial materials to furniture design. One of his favorite themes (chaise sandows) was the chair with seat and back formed by stretched elastic bands of the type used to fasten packages to a bicycle. This was one of the many…
Designer Herbst, year 1930 Renè Herbst was a pioneer in the adaptation of simple indutrial materials to furniture design. One of his favorite themes (chaise sandows) was the chair with seat and back formed by stretched elastic bands of the type used to fasten packages to a bicycle. This was one of the many…
Designer Eileen Gray, year 1927 The simplicity of this chair is deceptive. In reality, it has a number of mitered joints, crossbars and welded features that make production slow and difficult. This model may have been designed for E-1027 (see model 409). However, it does not appear in any of the photographs of this house.…
