Jindrich Halabala Footstools
Thanks to design lovers’ enthusiasm for Art Deco and mid-century modern furniture, and the increasingly competitive market for pieces by more famous creators, 20th-century Czech designers are making their way back onto the international stage. Foremost among these talents is Jindrich Halabala.
Halabala was a cabinetmaker’s son whose training was almost wholly focused on woodwork, first at a state-run vocational school for woodworking in Valašské Meziříčí and later at UP Závody in Brno, where he ultimately became chief designer. His curvaceous bentwood H chairs, such as the H269 and H237, and stylized ottomans have become classics, while his 1930s and 1940s sofas, tables and storage cabinets, with their sweeping curves, stylized geometry and dark, richly grained wood, embody the best of Art Deco furniture design, a style that was brought to worldwide attention at an exhibition in Paris in 1925.
Some see Halabala's work as the segue between early 1900s Czech Cubism and the modern style that dominated the mid-century.
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1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindrich Halabala Footstools
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1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindrich Halabala Footstools
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1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jindrich Halabala Footstools
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Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Jindrich Halabala Footstools
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1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindrich Halabala Footstools
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1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jindrich Halabala Footstools
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1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindrich Halabala Footstools
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1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindrich Halabala Footstools
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1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindrich Halabala Footstools
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1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jindrich Halabala Footstools
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Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Jindrich Halabala Footstools
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Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Jindrich Halabala Footstools
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1940s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindrich Halabala Footstools
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1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jindrich Halabala Footstools
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1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindrich Halabala Footstools
Beech, Plywood
Mid-20th Century French Jindrich Halabala Footstools
Iron
2010s Jindrich Halabala Footstools
Travertine
1930s Slovak Art Deco Vintage Jindrich Halabala Footstools
Beech
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindrich Halabala Footstools
Upholstery, Beech
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Jindrich Halabala Footstools
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Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Jindrich Halabala Footstools
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Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Jindrich Halabala Footstools
Upholstery, Bentwood
1950s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindrich Halabala Footstools
Birch
Late 20th Century European Jindrich Halabala Footstools
Brass
2010s Australian Hollywood Regency Jindrich Halabala Footstools
Sheepskin
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jindrich Halabala Footstools
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1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindrich Halabala Footstools
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1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindrich Halabala Footstools
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1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindrich Halabala Footstools
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1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindrich Halabala Footstools
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1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindrich Halabala Footstools
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1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jindrich Halabala Footstools
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1940s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindrich Halabala Footstools
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1950s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindrich Halabala Footstools
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1950s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindrich Halabala Footstools
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1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindrich Halabala Footstools
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1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindrich Halabala Footstools
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1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindrich Halabala Footstools
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