Very rare czechoslovakian functionalist tubular steel chair in museum quality designed by František Berger for Hynek Gottwald with original iron-garn covering
Style: Czechoslovakian Functionalism
Design: František Berger
Manufactory: Hynek Gottwald
Country: Czechoslovakia
Model: tba
Material: chrome-plated tubular steel,
original iron-garn covering
Measurements:
H cm x W cm x D cm
Year: 1932
Condition: original
Quantity: 1 piece
Price: 6.500 Euro
The offered tubular steel chair by architect František Berger is one of the most significant functionalist furniture designs of Czechoslovak modernism from the 1930s.
It was manufactured by Hynek Gottwald, a renowned furniture company that produced a series of avant-garde designs by Czechoslovak architects in the 1930s.
The chair is still in its original condition, featuring a bright red iron yarn upholstery and matching painted armrests.
Its unique design and construction vividly embody the spirit of pre-war Czechoslovak design. A version of this chair without armrests graces the cover of the exhibition catalog “Hej Rup! Let’s Go! The Czechoslovak Avant-Garde in the Context of European Modernism” from the Bröhan Museum in Berlin.
There is currently no comparable piece available in the international art market.
Lit.:
1. Exhibition catalogue:
“Hey Rup! The Czechoslovak avant-garde in the context of European modernism”
Bröhan Museum, edited by Tobias Hoffmann and Julia Meyer-Brehm, Berlin 2023.
2. “2100 Metal tubular chairs” by Otakar Marcel
