'6009' chair, c. 1900

Lot: 95

H. 76 x 60 x 56.5 cm. Beech bent wood, stained dark, plywood. Marked with maker's branding.

Le Cobusier used this chair 1925 to furnish his 'Pavillon de l'Esprit Nouveau' at the 'Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs' in Paris; also later in houses and interiors Le Corbusiers designed; thus, in the vernacularer it is called Corbusier chair.

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Hammer Price: 700 €

148A - Schools of Design
03. December 2019 at 4:00 PM CET

Literature:

Mang, Thonet Bugholzmöbel, Vienna 1982, p. 119ff, p. 154; von Vegesack, Das Thonet Buch, München 1987, p. 150 ff.

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'6009' chair, c. 1900

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