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.
Find a collection of vintage Jindřich Halabala furniture today on 1stDibs.
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Beech
1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Jindřich Halabala Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Beech
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Jindřich Halabala Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Bakelite, Wood
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Oak, Walnut
1930s Art Deco Vintage Jindřich Halabala Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Glass, Beech
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jindřich Halabala Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Wood
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jindřich Halabala Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Wood, Rosewood
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Jindřich Halabala Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Teak
1930s German Bauhaus Vintage Jindřich Halabala Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Oak
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Jindřich Halabala Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Teak
1960s Danish Vintage Jindřich Halabala Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Teak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Jindřich Halabala Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Teak
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Jindřich Halabala Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Teak
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Jindřich Halabala Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Wrought Iron
1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Jindřich Halabala Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables
Oak, Walnut
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