Jan Vanek Seating
Czechoslovakian, 1891-1962
Elegance describes the designs of Jan Vanek.
Influenced by his family’s furniture company, Vandek studied woodworking. Following a stint in Germany, where he advanced his skills at established firms in Munich, Stuttgart and Heilbronn, he returned home to the former Czechoslovakia and took over the family business, which in 1920 became known as Spojené Uměleckoprůmyslové Závody, or UP Závody.
Vanek's early friendships and collaborations with architectural and design greats like Walter Gropius, Le Corbusier, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Adolf Loos and others likely had much to do with his graceful style, best exemplified by his 1930s bentwood chairs, with the arabesque curves of their arms and legs conjoining to form open, dynamic loops.
True to Czech standards for uniformity, Vanek scarcely altered the design over decades of production, though he did gradually modernize his frames: His 1950s models are more angular, industrialized — and very definitely modern.
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Period: 1950s
Creator: Jan Vanek
Jan Vanek's curved easy chairs curved oak, canvas and original upholstery 1950s
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Jan Vanek's pair of two curved easy chairs with curved oak, canvas, and original upholstery, CZ 1960s
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Jan Vanek's curved easy chairs curved oak, canvas and original upholstery 1950
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Jan Vanek's pair of two curved easy chairs curved oak, canvas and original upholstery, CZ 1960s
Jan Vanek's pair of two curved easy chairs, crafted from oak and featuring woven canv...
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Set of Four Dining Chairs by Jan Vaněk, 1955
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Pair of Bentwood Armchairs by Jan Vanek for UP Zavodny, 1930s
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1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jan Vanek Seating
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