Willem Hendrik Gispen (Nl. 1890-1981)
Diagonaalstoel model 3b from Willem Gispen with aluminium frame.
A batch of 300 aluminium framed diagonal chairs were produced for the city hall in Hilversum at the end of the 1920s. The architect Willem Dudok wanted the furniture for this building to be ultra modern and aluminium was certainly regarded as essentially modern at the time.
The chairs were subsequently replaced by chromed steel ones that did not oxidise like the aluminium ones (thus appearing jaded and aged)
although we are not sure this one is from the Hilversum batch its a very rare find – very much a collector’s piece.
Price: on request
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