A preliminary series (prototype) S-chair,
designed by Verner Panton *, manufactured by August Sommer, Plüderhausen, for Thonet Frankenberg, Germany, in 1955, black lacquered and moulded laminated wood, height 81.5 cm, width 42 cm, depth 49 cm. (DR) This chair comes from the storage of the Sommer company in Plüderhausen, where the laminated chairs for Thonet were produced. The present model was used as a showpiece on trade fairs and distinctly differs from the series-produced Model No. 275. Provenance: Sommer company, Germany. Cf. Lit.: Verner Panton. Das Gesamtwerk, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein 2000, p. 249 (serial model).
Specialist: Dr. Gerti Draxler
Dr. Gerti Draxler
+43-1-515 60-226
gerti.draxler@dorotheum.at
14.05.2013 - 19:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 4,000.- to EUR 5,000.-
A preliminary series (prototype) S-chair,
designed by Verner Panton *, manufactured by August Sommer, Plüderhausen, for Thonet Frankenberg, Germany, in 1955, black lacquered and moulded laminated wood, height 81.5 cm, width 42 cm, depth 49 cm. (DR) This chair comes from the storage of the Sommer company in Plüderhausen, where the laminated chairs for Thonet were produced. The present model was used as a showpiece on trade fairs and distinctly differs from the series-produced Model No. 275. Provenance: Sommer company, Germany. Cf. Lit.: Verner Panton. Das Gesamtwerk, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein 2000, p. 249 (serial model).
Specialist: Dr. Gerti Draxler
Dr. Gerti Draxler
+43-1-515 60-226
gerti.draxler@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Design |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 14.05.2013 - 19:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 04.05. - 14.05.2013 |