Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
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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Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Bentwood
1930s Slovak Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Beech, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
Sheepskin, Beech, Bentwood
Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
Sheepskin, Beech, Bentwood
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
Beech, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Bentwood
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
Bentwood, Fabric, Upholstery
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Bentwood
1940s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
Leather, Upholstery, Bentwood
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
Wool, Beech
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
Wool, Beech
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
Wool, Beech
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
Beech, Sheepskin
1940s Czech Streamlined Moderne Vintage Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
Upholstery, Bentwood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Wood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Wood
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
Upholstery, Bentwood
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
Beech, Sheepskin
Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
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1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
Leather, Beech
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
Cowhide, Wood
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Wood
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
Wool, Beech
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
Beech, Fabric
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
Upholstery, Bentwood
1920s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
Velvet, Oak
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Upholstery, Beech
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Wood
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Bentwood
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Wood
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Bentwood
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Beech
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Beech
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Wood
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Wood
1920s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Beech, Lacquer