Set of 10, limited edition armchair variant of Gijs Bakker 1974 "strip" chairs

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A very rare opportunity to acquire an original large matching set of the super rare armchair variant of Gijs Bakker's beautiful laminated Ash wood "strips" armchairs which were produced by Castelijn,Netherlands in 1974 .The production of the more technically difficult and expensive armchair variant was limited to just 1000 pieces and hence they are now very sought after. Original matching sets of this size very rarely appear on the market. The chairs are signed with Castlijn labels to the underside. According to Bakker the underlying idea behind the strips chair "was to reduce the complexity of the chair's form until a powerful image remained". The "strips" chairs are made of six strips of pressure moulded laminated ash wood linked by dowels. The armchair variant beyond its rarity is in our opinion even more beautiful than the standard armless version of the "Strip" chair and strongly recalls the form of Hans Pieck's super rare and iconic 1946 plywood chair. Another great feature is that the armchair variant is also stackable so transport costs will be significantly lower for our overseas clients than usual for a dining set of this scale. The chairs can be stacked up to six high. Please enquire directly to us for shipping quotes, the Hedleys quote listed on 1st dibs will be inaccurate as it does not take into account that the chairs stack so shipping volume will be greatly reduced. The strips chair was introduced at the 1974 trade and industry fair where a giant 5 metre by 5 metre model of a strips table was erected upon which the strips chairs and tables were exhibited, underneath the table was a giant public reception area (please see image 10) Literature:- GIJS BAKKER - Objects to use, pages 43,45 (illustrate armchair variant, please see image 9), Ida Van Zijl, 010 Rotterdam, 2000 Exhibited in :- "The industrial art of Gijs Bakker : a Dutch production" 13 September-4 November 1978 Crafts Advisory Committee Gallery, London (please see image 2 for catalog cover) 1977 ‘Overzichtstentoonstelling Gijs Bakker, meubels en verlichting’ (‘Retrospective exhibition Gijs Bakker, furniture and lighting’) Gemeentelijke Van Reekumgalerij, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands =================================================== Gijs Bakker (b. 1942) trained as a jewellery and industrial-designer at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and the Konstfack Skolen in Stockholm, Sweden. Bakker has been a prominent figure in international jewellery for over forty years. He has been setting trends in both form and design since the 1960s. Bakker and his wife Emmy van Leersum are credited with the supreme achievement of having elevated jewellery to a cutting-edge art form in its own right, and sparking off the development of avant-garde art jewellery in Europe and the U.S. In the early 1970s Bakker spread his talents into industrial design during which time he produced few furniture and lighting designs of which the famous "strips" chair is the most widely recognised. In 1993 Bakkers founded Droog Design together with design critic and historian Renny Ramakers, a Dutch collective of designers, products and information. Together with Ramakers, Bakker was the selector and art director of all products within Droog Design untill 2009. Selected artist exhibitions : 1967 ‘Sculpture to wear by Emmy van Leersum and Gijs Bakker’. Ewan Philips Gallery, London, UK 1977 ‘Overzichtstentoonstelling Gijs Bakker, meubels en verlichting’ (‘Retrospective exhibition Gijs Bakker, furniture and lighting’) . Gemeentelijke Van Reekumgalerij, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands 1989 ‘Solo voor een solist’ (‘Solo for a soloist’). Retrospective exhibition, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, the Netherlands and Helen Drutt Gallery, New York, USA 1993 ‘Gatenproject’ (‘Holes project’). Galerie Ra, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 1995 ‘Shot-project’ (for the occasion of the Prins Bernhard Fonds Prijs). Galerie Ra, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 1998 ‘Holysport / Shot’. Galerie Ra, Amsterdam and KunstRai, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 2001 ‘I don’t wear jewels, I drive them’. Galerie Ra, Amsterdam and KunstRai, Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Gallery Helen Drutt, Philadelphia, USA 2003 ‘Holysport’ and ‘I don’t wear jewels. I drive them’. Galeria Hipotesi, Barcelona, Spain ‘Shot’ and ‘Holysport’ Gallery Deux Poissons, Tokyo, Japan 2005 Retrospective exhibition ‘Gijs Bakker and Jewelry’, SM’s, Stedelijk Museum ’s-Hertogenbosch, ’s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands 2007 Project “Rituals”, jewellery collection by Chi ha paura…?, together with SM’s ‘s-Hertogenbosch, presented in Milan, during International Furniture Fair. 2008 Real? exhibition at Gallerie Ra, Amsterdam & Gallery Deux Poissons, Tokyo 2009 Designers on Jewellery: Twelve years of jewellery production by Chi ha paura...? publication & travelling exhibition

Creator:
Gijs Bakker (Designer)
Dimensions:
Height: 31.5 in (80 cm)Width: 17.72 in (45 cm)Depth: 17.72 in (45 cm)Seat Height: 17.72 in (45 cm)
Sold As:
Set of 10
Style:
Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
Place of Origin:
Netherlands
Period:
1970-1979
Date of Manufacture:
1974
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
bergen op zoom, NL
Reference Number:
Seller: 253 gijs bakker strip chairs1stDibs: LU9301776334

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