Jindřich Halabala 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 Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jindřich Halabala Tables
Wood
1930s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jindřich Halabala Tables
Beech, Walnut
1940s Slovak Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Tables
Metal, Steel
1940s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Tables
Wood, Walnut, Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Jindřich Halabala Tables
Walnut
Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Jindřich Halabala Tables
Glass, Wood, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Jindřich Halabala Tables
Bentwood
1930s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jindřich Halabala Tables
Fabric, Wood
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jindřich Halabala Tables
Wood, Walnut
Mid-20th Century Czech Bauhaus Jindřich Halabala Tables
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Jindřich Halabala Tables
Oak
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jindřich Halabala Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Jindřich Halabala Tables
Bakelite, Wood, Beech
1940s European Bauhaus Vintage Jindřich Halabala Tables
Steel
1940s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Tables
Wood, Lacquer
Early 20th Century Czech Jindřich Halabala Tables
Wood
1940s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Tables
Wood, Lacquer
Mid-20th Century Czech Bauhaus Jindřich Halabala Tables
Steel, Chrome
Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Jindřich Halabala Tables
Wood, Walnut
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Tables
Wood
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jindřich Halabala Tables
Oak
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jindřich Halabala Tables
Wood
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Jindřich Halabala Tables
Walnut, Bentwood
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jindřich Halabala Tables
Wood
1950s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Tables
Wood
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jindřich Halabala Tables
Beech
Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Jindřich Halabala Tables
Chrome
1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Jindřich Halabala Tables
Walnut, Softwood
1930s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jindřich Halabala Tables
Beech, Nutwood
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Tables
Beech
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jindřich Halabala Tables
Wood
Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Jindřich Halabala Tables
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Tables
Wood
1940s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Tables
Wood
1940s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Tables
Glass, Mirror, Wood
1940s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Tables
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Jindřich Halabala Tables
Wood, Walnut
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Tables
Wood
20th Century Czech Art Deco Jindřich Halabala Tables
Chrome
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jindřich Halabala Tables
Glass, Wood
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Jindřich Halabala Tables
Wood, Oak
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jindřich Halabala Tables
Wood
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Tables
Wood
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jindřich Halabala Tables
Wood
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jindřich Halabala Tables
Beech