no 1 of 2 - rectangular 39" mid century fiber cement PLANTER willy guhl era

1950's plant pot designed by Swiss architects Willy Guhl and Anton Bee in 1951. It is made of stone grey fiber cement. For outdoor use only! Dimensions in cm: Height 25.5 cm, diame...

Very beautiful and decorative 1950s to 1960s plant stand. Made of bamboo and rattan. 4 removable inserts. The inserts have wooden bases and are rein...

Rare large 1930s ceramic plant pot with multicolor drip glaze on beige and brown. Manufactured by Duemler & Breiden. Marked to bottom DB HÖHR 130/26. Dimensions in cm: Height 20 cm...

Very beautiful and decorative 1970s side table / coffee table. Made of dark stained bamboo and wicker with smoked glass top. Dimensions in cm: Width 51 cm, depth 51 cm, height 40 cm...

Second pair of concrete planters by Willy Guhl for the Swiss company, Eternit. Guhl, a neo-functionalist designer and innovative furniture designer, came up with the idea of using co...

A rare and highly collectible vintage industrial planter box designed by Willy Guhl. This long rectangular planter features a heavily distressed green and white painted surface with ...

This pair of planters, model "oreille d'éléphant" was made of fiber cement by Willy Guhl (1915-2004) in the 1950's. « Willy Guhl was an inventor, an experimenter, a resercher and a visionary. Despite that, he did not get lost in utopia. He reveals himself to be pragmatic almost a genius. » Robert Haussman Willy Guhl was part of these historical designers historiques who have contributed to the international reputation of the Swiss design. He was one of the big representative of Neo-Functionalism. From a carpenter father, he follows a furniture maker formation in the Kunstgewerbeschule of Zurich – School of applied arts of Zurich here he teaches from 1941 -, and becomes the director of the interior architecture department 10 years after. He leads in the late 1940's pionneer reaserches in the plastic furniture field. He develops then a knowledge about moulding technical that we allow him to reveal himself by transposing them on a new material : the Eternit, also called fibercement, which he is one of the first to use in Europe. The Eternit is a kind of cement reinforce by asbestos and with a fiber texture which allows to create audacious pieces with new shapes. It takes the aspect of larges slabs to which it is possible to give a shape as long as they are not dried. Produced in the origin for the industry, it's a cheap material with an important resistance, so perfectly adapted for the fabrication of external furniture.

Pair of concrete planters by Willy Guhl for the Swiss company, Eternit. Guhl, a neo-functionalist designer and innovative furniture designer, came up with the idea of using concrete ...