Various selected items with sculptural qualities to adorn any stylish interior…
All available (please enquire)
Tag: Merzbau
Schwitters cathedral of erotic misery
Elmar Berkovich (Hungarian /Netherlands 1897-1968)
Pair of rare ‘Beek’ side tables for ‘t Spectrum. Designed in 1956 and manufactured for only two years.
Price: 2.650 euro
Gilbert Marklund (Sweden mid-c.20th)
Furusnickarn AB, Sweden, 1970s
Table: 130 x 78 x 74cm high Benches: 124 x 42 x 43cm high
Two long benches and table by renowned Swedish design Gilbert Marklund. The table is the rarer larger version of the design that can seat up to four people.
The desirable aspect of this set is that it is in unrestored condition with all its original patina. (The table has a few ring and burn marks to the top).
Price: Table: 1.320 euro
Benches: 1.425 euro (pair)
Eero Saarinen (Finland/USA 1910-1961)
Knoll International. 1960s.
A rare set of original vintage model ‘Tulip’ chairs (these are the early versions with fixed bases).
Eero Saarinen’s Iconic Tulip Armchairs were designed in 1955-56 as part of his Pedestal Collection for Knoll. Saarinen sought to solve the issue of “the slum of legs” in traditional furniture by creating a chair with a single pedestal base, giving it a clean, sculptural appearance. While he originally envisioned the chair being made entirely of one material, technological limitations led to the use of a fiberglass seat and an aluminum base, painted to appear as a unified piece. The design, resembling both a flower and a wineglass, became revolutionary for its organic shape and simplicity. Its futuristic aesthetic, often associated with the Space Age, made it a staple of mid-century modern design.
Very good condition – The bases have been restored and the fiberglass shells have been cleaned. They have new cushions in chartreuse yellow/green upholstery with zip covers which are anchored to the seats using Velcro pieces to the underside.
Price: 7.000 euro (set of 8 – Note: we can also sell in sets of even numbers)
Afra & Tobia Scarpa (Italy 1935- Now)
‘Soriana’ Lounge Chair & Ottoman. Cassina 1970s / early edition.
Early edition chair and ottoman. The chair does have a few issues with the upholstery (fading/ one small hole and minor staining) and would benefit from being reupholstered. The ottoman is in better condition with absolute minimal signs of age and use.
Price: Chair 2.900 euro / Ottoman 1.850 euro
H. Pander & Zonen. (Netherlands 1855-1921)
Small circular modernist stool – completely original.
Dia.36 x 46cm high
Rare stool with original upholstery. It has its original makers label and is stamped ‘H.Pander & Zn’ to the underside alongside a model number.
Price: 760 euro
Root wood /free-form low chair. Circa 1970s.
86.5 x 73 x 41cm high
A unique solid wood low seat (unknown type of wood). Possibly carved from the root or the trunk of a tree.
It has a very attractive, untouched time worn patina. The seat would look good in any modern interior as it is, or with a cushion inside.
Price: 1.880 euro
Venesta plywood table/stool for Isokon. 1930s
Plywood No.1 table/stool with its accompanying circular tray. Manufactured by Luterma. Both stool and tray are stamped/labelled Venesta.
The British furniture entrepreneur Jack Pritchard managed Venesta the import company for Luterma in England who later formed the Isokon furniture company which most notably employed Marcel Breuer. These tables/stools were distributed in England post 1933 until 1939 exclusively by Isokon alongside designs by Marcel Breuer and Egon Riss.
Although the designer of the stool remains anonymous, in 2004 the art historian Alastair Grieve described a modification of the original Luterma stool (of which this stool is one) when he wrote that the original design was subsequently re-designed by the architect and founder of the Bauhaus Walter Gropius (hired as a consultant to Isokon). The very slight alterations Gropius made was to include sharper curves to the cut-out squares of the stool. Gropius’s drawings for the redesign can reportedly be found in the collection of the V&A Museum, London.
The separate tray placed on top of the stool is unusual and rare in that it is much thinner than all other trays we have seen. This has led to some minor warping over time (which may have been why it was produced later with a thicker rim?) The thinner rimmed tray may suggest that this was an early production or at the least a more limited production?
h.46.5cm x w.44cm x d.44cm
Literature:-
- Kermik, Juri (2004) The Luther factory: Plywood and furniture 1877-1940
- Daybelge & Englund, (2019); Isokon and the Bauhaus in Britain
- Pritchard, Jack (1984); View from a Long Chair: The Memoirs of Jack Pritchard
Price: 3.650 euro
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