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.
Title
Draadstoel (prototype)
Artist
Gerrit Thomas Rietveld (Utrecht 1888 - 1964 Utrecht)
Dating
1950
Material and technique
Object number
29000
Object type
Acquisition
aankoop 2000
Dimensions
hoogte 85.5 cm
breedte 41 cm
diepte 46.5 cm
Inscriptions and markings
- geen
Documentation
- The complete Rietveld furniture, Peter Vöge ; introd. by Paul Overy (Rotterdam, 1993), nr. 293, pp. 140-141, met afb.
- G. Rietveld architect [1971] (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
- Gerrit Th. Rietveld : 1888-1964 : the complete works, Marijke Küper, Ida van Zijl (Utrecht, 1992), cat. nr. 403, p. 236, met afb. in kleur
- Pioneers of avant-garde design (New York, 2000), cat. nr. 98, p. 97, met afb. in kleur
- Rietveld and the Rietveld Academie. Raoul II (Amsterdam, 1988-06-07), cat. nr. 400, p. 72-73, met afb.
- Rietvelds universum, onder red. van Rob Dettingmeijer, Marie-Thérèse van Thoor [en] Ida van Zijl (Rotterdam, 2010), p. 231, afb. in kleur
- Stoelen, H. de Jong (Delft, 1980), p. 177, met afb.
- Stoelen : Nederlandse ontwerpen 1945-1985, Peter Vöge en Bab Westerveld. Peter Vöge, Bab Westerveld (Amsterdam, 1986), p. 80, nr. 42, met afb.
- Uit vele Rietveldstoelen, G. Oorthuys, p. 40 afb.
Exhibitions
- Gerrit Rietveld 1888-1964 (Trapholt), Trapholt Museum, Kolding, 2003
- Toegepast, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2001
- Rietveld tentoonstelling, Hayward Gallery, Londen, 1972
- G. Rietveld architect [1971], Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1971
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