easylight

Philippe Starck (Fr. 1949-now)

Rare ‘easylight’ Electrorama, Circa 1980.

Floor-neon lamp. Designed around 1977, the edition was for Starck Product or Electrorama circa 1980. Stamped ‘Starck Product’.

Makrolon, polyurethane and fluorescent tube H: 142 cm. (56 inches); D: 6,7cm.(2 3/8in.). The lamp has an inbuilt mercury tilt switch (the lamp lights up when its position is slightly altered)

This lamp was most likely purchased in the Netherlands at De Bijenkorf, circa 1980. Bibliography: J.-F. Grunfeld, M.-L. Jousset, Lumières Je Pense à Vous, exhibition catalog, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, June 3-August 5, 1985, p. 158, n. 282 C. Colin, Starck, Ed Pierre Mardaga, Liège, 1988, p. 274, 278, 296

Price: 5.800 euro

http://www.merzbaufurniture.com

Minimalist floor lamps

Peter Nelson (UK late c20)

Aluminium / Architectural Lighting Ltd. 1960s.

Finely engineered minimalist floor lamp by Peter Nelson. (one sold / one available)

The model FFS is a rare Nelson design. These rare variations have single switches and adjustable spot lamps.

Price: 1.100 euro

http://www.merzbaufurniture.com

x2 Artifort Stick chairs

Bruno Ninaber van Eyben (NL. 1950-now)

Artifort. 1970s. Plywood.

The model 020 ‘Stick’ chair was designed by Dutch industrial designer Bruno Ninaber van Eyben in 1977.

The design is made up of three constituent parts that fit together: two pieces of angled plywood and a length of stick with a round profile. The stick in the middle connects the plywood pieces and functions as the backbone and strength of the chair.

These rare chairs were manufactured in very limited numbers due to the production costs and difficulties. Only 150 of these chairs were produced. Apart from its low production numbers the other reason that so few exist is because they can easily get damaged – Due to the stool’s fragility we recommend that it should be purchased by a design lover that appreciates its sculptural qualities rather than its functionality!

The plywood has been refinished.

Price: 3.950 euro (per piece)

http://www.merzbaufurniture.com

Traditionalist Dutch chair


Circa 1920s. A solid oak side chair in the Dutch traditionalist or Neo-Gothic manner. The chair has a very ordered and balanced appearance and combines the predominant styles of the period.

Price: 850 euro

http://www.merzbaufurniture.com

Art Deco chairs

Modernist/Art Deco side chairs.

These Dutch oak chairs in the Haagse School (Hague School) style were manufactured in the early c20th circa 1920s-30s.

Price: 1,450 euro (per piece)

http://www.merzbaufurniture.com

Modernist side chair

White-washed oak with inset strap fabric seat. Circa 1970s.

Modernist side chair with strict geometric construction.

Price: 1,450 euro

http://www.merzbaufurniture.com

plywood cube sculpture

Minimalist object/artwork composed of a series of six plywood cubes with diagonal divisions inside reminiscent of Donald Judd’s plywood art works. Circa 1980s.
Beautifully crafted, the six cubes are connected by one or two discrete rubber hinges (with a metal bar holding them in place) that enable the cubes to be unfolded vertically or horizontally in one direction along a single plain.

There are a few possible configurations as shown which enable it to be used as a shelving unit (with limited shelving space), a long bench, or simply as a decorative art object…

Each cube 40 x 40 x 40cm

Price: 2,100 euro

http://www.merzbaufurniture.com