Jindřich Halabala Nesting Tables and Stacking 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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1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Beech
1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Jindřich Halabala Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Bakelite, Beech
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Jindřich Halabala Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Bakelite, Wood, Beech
1920s Swedish Neoclassical Revival Vintage Jindřich Halabala Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Birch
Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Jindřich Halabala Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Marble, Brass
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Oak, Walnut
1940s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Lacquer, Beech, Walnut
20th Century Jindřich Halabala Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Wrought Iron
1980s French Post-Modern Vintage Jindřich Halabala Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Cast Stone, Metal
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jindřich Halabala Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Glass, Wood
Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Jindřich Halabala Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Tunisian Scandinavian Modern Jindřich Halabala Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Terrazzo, Oak
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Jindřich Halabala Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Walnut
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jindřich Halabala Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Glass, Wood
20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Jindřich Halabala Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Jindřich Halabala Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Wood, Lacquer, Oak
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jindřich Halabala Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Jindřich Halabala Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Bakelite, Wood, Beech
1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Jindřich Halabala Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Wood
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Bakelite, Wood
1940s Bauhaus Vintage Jindřich Halabala Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Wood