Jindřich Halabala Desks and Writing Tables
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 Jindřich Halabala.
Halabala was one of the leading designers of a particularly rich period in Czech furniture history, when pieces were defined by Bauhaus functionalism as well as Art Deco influences. He 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.
Halabala's alluring 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.
Halabala's work, which was manufactured by the likes of Thonet and UP Závody, is seen by some as the segue between early 1900s Czech Cubism and the modern style that dominated the mid-century years.
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1950s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Desks and Writing Tables
Wood, Beech, Walnut, Lacquer
20th Century Czech Art Deco Jindřich Halabala Desks and Writing Tables
Walnut, Oak, Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Jindřich Halabala Desks and Writing Tables
Chrome
1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Jindřich Halabala Desks and Writing Tables
Walnut, Softwood
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jindřich Halabala Desks and Writing Tables
Walnut
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jindřich Halabala Desks and Writing Tables
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Jindřich Halabala Desks and Writing Tables
Glass, Wood
1940s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Desks and Writing Tables
Lacquer, Beech, Walnut
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jindřich Halabala Desks and Writing Tables
Laminate, Walnut
Mid-20th Century North American Jindřich Halabala Desks and Writing Tables
Wood
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jindřich Halabala Desks and Writing Tables
Glass, Wood
1940s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Desks and Writing Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Jindřich Halabala Desks and Writing Tables
Wood, Burl
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jindřich Halabala Desks and Writing Tables
Glass, Wood
1990s Canadian Art Deco Jindřich Halabala Desks and Writing Tables
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Jindřich Halabala Desks and Writing Tables
Teak
1930s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jindřich Halabala Desks and Writing Tables
Chrome
20th Century Czech Art Deco Jindřich Halabala Desks and Writing Tables
Oak, Lacquer
1930s Bauhaus Vintage Jindřich Halabala Desks and Writing Tables
Chrome