Jean Prouvé designed these raw but elegant and classic modernist chair called “Standard chair” in 1950. Because of their simplistic design the chairs have become one of the most popular objects of modernist design history.
on request
80 x 40 x 51 cm
31.5 x 15.75 x 20 in
Painted steel, oak
Original condition, no restoration
Rare chair model known as “no. WB 301” designed by Marcel Breuer, ca. 1933-1934.
on request
75 x 38 x 50 cm
29.5 x 15 x 19.75 in
Lacquered steel, painted wood
Early version of the famous Lido “sun chair” created by Swiss designers and brothers Battista and Gino Giudici in ca. 1935, and manufactured by Fratelli Giudici, Locarno for Wohnbedarf AG in ca. 1946.
on request
98 x 56 x 104 cm
38.5 x 22 x 41 in
Galvanized steel, canvas
This specific item was exhibited at the National Museum of the Sultanate of Oman in 2023.
Armchair “Alambre” made of bended steel wire created by Swiss designer Alfredo Häberli in 2017.
on request
79 x 56.5 x 48 cm
31 x 22.25 x 19 in
Steel wire
This specific item was exhibited at the National Museum of the Sultanate of Oman in 2023.
“Steltman Stoel” was designed by Gerrit Rietveld in 1963 and produced by Gerard van de Groenekan, Utrecht, before 1971. It is right-handed version. Signed by hand “G.A.v.d. Groenekan”.
This chair design was commissioned by Steltman, a jeweller in The Hague, for whom Rietveld designed a new shop interior in 1963. The original chair was completely upholstered with rubber foam and covered with white imitation leather, the seams of which ran along the edges of the wood. The version with the wooden seat was only produced after Rietveld’s death in 1964. With this last and more simple version, the 75-year-old created one of the most striking pieces of furniture in the history of design.
Gerard A. van de Groenekan began working in Gerrit Rietveld’s workshop in Utrecht in 1917 at the age of fourteen. In 1924, Rietveld decided to concentrate on architecture and left furniture production in the hands of van de Groenekan, who then continued to build many of Rietveld’s models, including older ones, under his own name. Van de Groenekan played a decisive role in the development of many designs, including this version of the Steltman chair with its wooden seat.
on request
70 x 45.5 x 48.5 cm
25.5 x 18 x 19 in
White painted oak
Original paint, no restoration
Acquired directly from Gerard van de Groenekan by the current owner in 1982; auction 2023.
Cf. Baroni, The Furniture of Gerrit Rietveld, New York 1978, p. 158, no. 68;
Cf. Barry Friedman Gallery Ltd (ed.), Gerrit Rietveld: A Centenary Exhibition, New York 1988, p. 60;
Cf. Kuper/van Zijl, The Complete Works of Gerrit Rietveld, Utrecht 1992, pp. 332 and 341, no. 646;
Cf. Vöge, The Complete Rietveld Furniture, Rotterdam 1993, p. 166, no. 371;
Cf. von Zijl, Gerrit Rietveld. Die Revolution des Raums, Weil am Rhein 2012.
Iconic “Berlin chair” was designed in 1923 by Gerrit Rietveld, and manufactured by G.A.v.d. Groenekan De Bilt Nederland in between 1972-1974. Beside the “Red and Blue chair”, this is the one of the most famous Rietveld designs. The first chair design was made for the ‘Juryfreie Kunstschau’ in Berlin and two following variations were made for the boardroom of the Rijksacademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam. The second version of the chair had a cushion and higher backrest.
It is made in oak wood planks and lacquered in white, black and grey colour. The armrests of the chair can be moved both to the left or right position.
on request
106 x 73 x 57 cm
41.75 x 28.75 x 22.50 in
Painted oak, laminated wood
Original paint, no restoration
Private Collection, Christie’s, Amsterdam, 20th Century Decorative Arts, 18 November 2003, Lot 332, Collection of Michael and Gabrielle Boyd.
Gerrit Th. Rietveld – The Complete Works, Kuper and van Zijl, p. 92 The Complete Rietveld Furniture, Voge, p. 60.
Safari” armchair designed and owned by Eileen Gray. It has cylindrical base and grey painted wood structure. Armrests, seat and tilting back are made in leather. Piece is authentic and made around 1932.
on request
77 x 60 x 60 cm
30.25 x 23.50 x 23.50 in
Painted wood, leather
Sale collection Eileen Gray, Monaco May 1980; private collection; auction 2023.
Peter Adam Eileen Gray architect/designer revised edition, Harry N. Abrams Inc, 2000 pp 124-125, Peter Adam Eileen Gray Leben und Werk by Peter Adam, Schirmer/Mosel edition, 2009 page 287; Similar model reproduced in color in Eileen Gray Leben und Werk by Peter Adam, Schirmer/Mosel edition, 2009 p 287; Lot presented and reproduced in the catalog of the sale Sotheby’s Parke Bernet Monaco S.A. Collection Eileen Gray furniture, objects and projects of its creation 25 May 1980 Sporting d’Hiver, Monte Carlo under the number 260.
Eileen Gray, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, February-May 2013; Eileen Gray, Irish museum of Modern Art, Dublin, October 2013 to January 2014.
Ulm stool was designed by the Swiss architect and artist Max Bill in collaboration with Hans Gugelot in 1954. It is one of the most iconic pieces of mid-century Swiss Design. It was manufactured in the school’s workshop at the Ulm School of Design and it was used as stool, table or shelf.
on request
44 x 38.6 x 29.7 cm
17.25 x 15.25 x 11.75 in
Spruce wood
Original condition, no restoration
Armchair created by Italian-Brazilian architect and designer Lina Bo Bardi, ca. 1950.
on request
75 x 66 x 72 cm
29.5 x 25.9 x 28.3 in
Wood, iron, fabric
Residential buildings, Sao Paolo, Brazil; private collection, NYC.
Brazil Modern, Aric Chen, 2016; retrospective at R & Company Gallery, New York on the work of Lina Bo Bardi and Roberto Burle Marx, 2015.
Cansado Bahut storage units with four sliding doors designed for Cité Cansado, Mauretania and produced by Galerie Steph Simon, ca. 1958. The
wood is in ash or oak, the structure in enameled steel and aluminum, the sliding doors are done in masonite. All parts are authentic. The item is in original condition, gently restored.
on request
77 x 215.5 x 46 cm
30.25 x 84.75 x 18 in
Wood, enameled steel
Settlement for MIFERMA, Cansado; Nouakchott, Mauritania.
Jacques Barsac, Charlotte Perriand, Un art d’habiter, 1903-1959, Paris, 2005, p. 440-42; A Steph Simon prospectus, François Laffanour; Steph Simon Retrospective, 1956–1974: Prouvé, Perriand, Mouille, Jouve, Noguchi, exh. cat., Galerie Downtown, Paris, 2007, p. 67.
