Twelve 'Aluflex' folding chairs, 1951 –

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Twelve 'Aluflex' folding chairs, 1951

Armin Wirth. Twelve 'Aluflex' folding chairs, 1951. H. 83 x 43.5 x 47.5 cm. Made Philip Zieringer Metallwerke, Switzerland. Aluminium frame, plywood.

This chair weighs only c3 kg. The frame of the chair is made of round aluminium tubes and shaped in a manner that does not require soldering. Seat and back are of very thin but sustainable air-ply. By lifting the seat, lots of chairs can be fit into each other and stored in a space-saving manner. The chairs stem from the first production. No plastic pieces were being used.

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Hammer Price: 2,600 €

128B - Design
21. September 2016 at 3:00 PM CEST

Literature:

Schweizer Möbeldesign, p. 83; Neue Möbel, p. 64; Schweizer Möbellexikon, p. 50.

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