Lot No. 17


A rare Weissenhof armchair MR 20 / MR 534 g, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe


in 1927, manufactured by Thonet in the 1930s, free-swinging tubular steel construction with Eisengarn seat and back cover, black lacquered armrest wooden pads, height c. 82 cm, width c. 57 cm, depth c. 80 cm, height of seat c. 44.5 cm, tube diameter 2.5 cm. (MHA)

Lit.:
A. von Vegesack, Mies van der Rohe: Architecture and Design in Stuttgart, Barcelona, Brno, Milan 1998, p. 80/81; Thonet tubular steel furniture (1935), p. 7

Provenance:
Part of a German Bauhaus collection.

Specialist: Mathias Harnisch, MA Mathias Harnisch, MA
+43-1-515 60-242

Mathias.Harnisch@dorotheum.at

17.06.2022 - 15:05

Estimate:
EUR 4,000.- to EUR 6,000.-

A rare Weissenhof armchair MR 20 / MR 534 g, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe


in 1927, manufactured by Thonet in the 1930s, free-swinging tubular steel construction with Eisengarn seat and back cover, black lacquered armrest wooden pads, height c. 82 cm, width c. 57 cm, depth c. 80 cm, height of seat c. 44.5 cm, tube diameter 2.5 cm. (MHA)

Lit.:
A. von Vegesack, Mies van der Rohe: Architecture and Design in Stuttgart, Barcelona, Brno, Milan 1998, p. 80/81; Thonet tubular steel furniture (1935), p. 7

Provenance:
Part of a German Bauhaus collection.

Specialist: Mathias Harnisch, MA Mathias Harnisch, MA
+43-1-515 60-242

Mathias.Harnisch@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Design
Auction type: Online auction
Date: 17.06.2022 - 15:05
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 11.06. - 17.06.2022

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