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  1. Rietveld - Armchair for Metz & Co. 1942

    Designer: Rietveld
    Year: 1942
    Price:   2.350,00 €

Armchair for Metz&Co (1942) The Armchair for Metz&Co was named after the Amsterdam based department store Metz&Co for which Rietveld designed the chair in 1942. As early as in 1932 Metz&Co asked Rietveld to design a showroom for his furniture on top of their building in Amsterdam. It was in this showroom where Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe and later Pol Kjaerholm presented their contemporary designs in the Netherlands for the first time. 

During the Second World War Rietveld refused to adhere to the German ‘Kulturkammer’, a Nazi controlled cultural board. As a result of this he wasn’t allowed to produce the Armchair for Metz&Co. Luckily the drawings and prototypes were preserved and could be used to reconstruct the chair 75 years after its first design. 

The beautifully crafted frame of the chair was designed with thin slats of oak. The seat consists of an upholstered polyurethane foamed frame with an upholstered comfortable pad. This pad is finished with a blanket stich that gives this historic design both comfort and a distinguished look. 

Material: Kvadrat - fabric Divina, frame oak matt lacquered, w 58 d 84 h 74 Sh 43 cm (also available with seat in leather or frame in american walnut, massive,  matt lacquered - request please).

The Armchair for Metz&Co is part of Rietveld Originals collection under art direction of Edward van Vliet. Spectrum Design is the exclusive and worldwide distributer of the Rietveld Originals collection.



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