Two '50642' plywood chairs, 1950/51

Lot: 100

Erich Menzel. '50642' chair, 1950/51. H. H. 78 x 43 x 55,5 cm. Made by VEB Deutsche Werkstätten, Hellerau. Plywood, 29 layers.

One of the most important designs of East Germany in the post-war years, designed by Bauhaus student and draughtsman Erich Menzel. The first chipless bent plywood chair. "(... ) It was made of 29 layers of resin-drenched plywood, that are being moulded with the aid of a steam-heated forging die that exerts a hydaulic pressure of 60 kg/cm2 and bends 140 grades in 25 minutes (...)" (Vom Sofakissen zum Städtebau, S. 117). The chair has no screws or any other pieces of metal.

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Hammer Price: 1,100 €

130A - Schools of Design
06. December 2016 at 5:00 PM CET

Literature:

Vom Sofakissen zum Städtebau, p. 244/ 245; DDR Design, p. 18.

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Two '50642' plywood chairs, 1950/51

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