Draadstoel (prototype)

Draadstoel (prototype)

After the Second World War, Rietveld mainly designed furniture commissioned for larger projects: chairs and tables for public spaces, not for private use. Metal was a material he frequently used, due to its strength and suitability for mass-production. In America, the Eames couple and designer Herman Bertoia had already achieved great results for this design. Rietveld’s wire chair did not develop any further than this prototype. Eight years later, he and his son Wim designed the Mondial, which did go into production.

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After the Second World War, Rietveld mainly designed furniture commissioned for larger projects: chairs and tables for public spaces, not for private use. Metal was a material he frequently used, due to its strength and suitability for mass-production. In America, the Eames couple and designer Herman Bertoia had already achieved great results for this design. Rietveld’s wire chair did not develop any further than this prototype. Eight years later, he and his son Wim designed the Mondial, which did go into production.

This object is now not on display in the museum

Title

Draadstoel (prototype)

Artist

Gerrit Thomas Rietveld (Utrecht 1888 - 1964 Utrecht)

Dating

1950

Material and technique

staaldraad

Object number

29000

Object type

stoel

Acquisition

aankoop 2000

Dimensions

hoogte 85.5 cm

breedte 41 cm

diepte 46.5 cm

Inscriptions and markings

  • geen :

Documentation

  • G. Rietveld architect, voorw. Wil Bertheux, teksten catalogus István L. Szénássy, Gerrit Oorthuys, Isaac Salomons, Gerrit Rietveld, (Amsterdam, 1971), cat. nr. 161 [z.p.]

  • Gerrit Th. Rietveld : 1888-1964 : het volledige werk, Marijke Küper, Ida van Zijl, (Utrecht, 1992), cat. nr. 403, p. 236, met afb. in kleur

  • Gerrit Th. Rietveld : 1888-1964 : l'oeuvre complet, Marijke Küper, Ida van Zijl, (Utrecht, 1992), cat. nr. 403, p. 236, met afb. in kleur

Exhibitions

  • Van Baaren en Rietveld, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2017 - 2019

  • Dit is het Centraal Museum! Topstukken uit de vijf collecties, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2012 - 2015

  • Universo rietveld; architettura arte design, MAXXI-Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Rome, 2011

Persistent url

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https://hdl.handle.net/21.12130/collect.75979A83-DC01-461F-B155-09BC067E28F2

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