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Period: 1930s
Material: Animal Skin
Armchair Art Decó
By Art Decor
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Art Deco armchair made of mahogany wood and leather upholstery.
France, circa 1940.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Leather
Marta Blomstedt Pair of Easy Chairs in Sheepskin, Model Aulanko, Finland
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Pair of Märta Blomstedt easy chairs. Legs in stained ash and upholstered in sheepskin. Model designed for Hotel Aulanko, Finland, 1939.
The chairs are newly refinished an upholstere...
Category
1930s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Sheepskin, Ash
Fritz Hansen Pair of Easy Chairs, Model 1669
By Fritz Hansen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Pair of Fritz Hansen easy chairs, model 1669, circa 1930s. Sculptural chairs re-upholstered in wool, legs of stained beech. All reupholstery work carried out with filling in organic ...
Category
1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Sheepskin, Beech
Carlo Scarpa for Bernini Pair of Dining Chairs in Walnut and Leather
By Bernini, Carlo Scarpa
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Carlo Scarpa for Bernini, pair of dining chairs model '765', walnut, black leather, design 1934, production 1970s
These well-proportioned chairs are designed by Carlo Scarpa in 1934...
Category
1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Pair of Original Harry & Lou Epstein Art Deco Cloud Chairs
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A pair of Art Deco cloud chairs by Harry & Lou Epstein. Burr walnut veneered backs with Trompe-l'œil burr walnut legs. Re-upholstered in cream leather.
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Pair of Swedish Folding Chairs by Uno Åhrén for Gemla, 1930s
By Gemla
Located in Vienna, AT
Pair of folding chairs designed by Uno Åhrén in the 1930s for Gemla. Beechwood with black iron back legs..
Used condition
Category
1930s Swedish Bauhaus Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Leather, Beech
Jacob Kjaer Rare Set of Six Dining Chairs in Mahogany and Niger Leather
By Jacob Kjaer
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Jabob Kjær for Jacob Kjær Møbelhaandværk, dining chairs, niger leather, cuban mahogany, brass rivets, Denmark, 1937.
Stunning set of dining chairs by Jacob Kjær manufactured in 1937...
Category
1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
An Art Deco Olive Green Leather Cloud Chair
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
An Art Deco Cloud chair. Original walnut castors, re-upholstered in olive green leather with ruched arm rests.
Dimensions: H 82cm W 68cm D 50cm
Origin: English
Date: 1935
Item N...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut
French Art Deco Set of 12 Chairs in Maple and Cream Leather, 1930s
Located in Meda, MB
This set of 12 Art Deco chairs was produced in France in the 1930s. They have a maple structure and are upholstered with two different color of leather: cream and light brown for the...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Leather, Maple
Chair 1930s
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Chair 1930s.
Well preserved in great firm condition.
Rare find.
Material: Leather, Oak Hardwood
Category
1930s Slovenian Gothic Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Kaare Klint Red Chair, Rud. Rasmussen, 1930s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Kaare Klint 'Red Chair' in Cuban mahogany, Niger leather and brass nails. Executed by Rud. Rasmussen 1936-1940.
Underside with manufacturer's paper label RUD. RASMUSSENS/SNEDKERIER/...
Category
1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Brass
Fritz Hansen Pair of Easy Chairs in Sheepskin, Model 1669
By Fritz Hansen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Pair of Fritz Hansen easy chairs in sheepskin, model 1669, 1930s
Sculptural chairs re-upholstered in sheepskin, legs of stained beech. All reupholstery work carried out with filling...
Category
1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Sheepskin, Beech
6 Chairs Style : Art Deco , Materials: Leather and wood
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
6 chairs in leather and wood.
Art Deco
The back of the chair forms the word Munich
Year 1900
Country: German
Materials : wood and leather
Elegant and sophisticated 6 chairs.
You want...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Ernesto Valabrega Set of Eight Dining Chairs in Oak and Leather
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Ernesto Valabrega, set of eight dining chairs, oak, leather, metal, Italy, circa 1935
These well-sculpted chairs are created in one of the most influential periods for the arts name...
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Metal
Bas Van Pelt Leather and Chrome Tubular Lounge Chair
By Bas Van Pelt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1930's Bas Van Pelt Leather and Chrome Tubular Lounge Chair with Wood armrests and New Natural Leather Seating with laced leather closure in back.
Van Pelt was a forward-thinking de...
Category
1930s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Kaare Klint for Rud Rasmussen Set of Four 'Red Chairs' in Original Leather
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Kaare Klint for Rud Rasmussen, set of four dining chairs, 'The Red Chair', model 4751, original patinated leather, mahogany, brass, Denmark, designed 1933, manufactured 1930s.
These...
Category
1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Brass
Kaare Klint Armchair for Rud. Rasmussen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Kaare Klint 'red chair' in walnut. Upholstered with Niger leather. Executed by Rud. Rasmussen, 1934-1938.
Underside with manufacturer's paper label RUD. RASMUSSENS/SNEDKERIER/45 NØR...
Category
1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Art Deco Gilbert Rohde Chair in Holly Hunt Leather w/ Tufted Back & Walnut Legs
Located in New York, NY
This elegant Art Deco Machine age side/desk chair was designed by the early modernist legend Gilbert Rohde in the United States circa 1935. It features four rectangular walnut legs- ...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut
French Leather Club Chair
Located in Chicago, IL
Leather club chair. Great design.
Category
1930s French Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Brass
Flat Bar Brno model 255 chairs in charcoal leather
Located in Kleinburg, ON
The Flat Bar Brno chair model 255 is a remarkable example of modern design by the renowned architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. He designed it in 1930 for the Tugendhat House in Brno,...
Category
1930s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Eileen Gray, Safari Chair / Authentic
By Eileen Gray
Located in Zürich, CH
"Safari" armchair designed by Eileen Gray. It has cylindrical base and grey painted wood structure. Armrests, seat and tilting back are made in leather. Piece is authentic and made a...
Category
1930s Dutch De Stijl Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Early Kaare Klint Red Chairs in Cuban Mahogany, circa 1930s
Located in Oakland, CA
Early model "Red" chairs model 3758 designed by Kaare Klint for Rud Rasmussen c1930s with original Niger leather with brass nails on Cuban Mahogany frames. Very rare design with orig...
Category
1930s Danish Modern Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Early Kaare Klint Red Chairs in Cuban Mahogany, circa 1930s
Located in Oakland, CA
Early model "Red" chairs model 3758 designed by Kaare Klint for Rud Rasmussen c1930s with original Niger leather with brass nails on Cuban Mahogany frames. Very rare design with orig...
Category
1930s Danish Modern Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Pair of C1930's Tan Fruitwood Plantation Leathered Armchairs
Located in Pewsey, GB
A Pair of Very Attractive Plantation Fruitwood c1900 Armchairs with scrolling arms upholstered in studded tan leather and professionally upholstered matching hessian backs.
Category
1930s British Victorian Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Leather, Fruitwood
Armchair ‘The Red Chair’ Model 3758a Designed by Kaare Klint for Rud, Rasmussen
By Kaare Klint
Located in Stockholm, SE
Armchair ‘The Red Chair’ Model 3758A designed by Kaare Klint for Rud. Rasmussen,
Denmark, 1930s.
Mahogany, leather upholstery, and brass.
This example was produced after 1930.
The design detailing of this magnificent chair...
Category
1930s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Brass
Armchair Model 4488 Designed by Kaare Klint for Rud. Rasmussen, Denmark, 1930s
By Kaare Klint
Located in Stockholm, SE
Armchair model 4488 designed by Kaare Klint for Rud. Rasmussen,
Denmark, 1930s.
Mahogany, ebony, cane, and black horsehair upholstery with cognac leather piping.
Klint thought...
Category
1930s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Leather, Cane, Ebony, Mahogany
1930s English Art Deco Beech Armchairs in Oyster White Leather, a Pair
Located in New York, NY
Exquisite pair of English Art Deco armchairs, crafted in the 1930s from beech wood. The chairs are newly reupholstered in oyster-white leather which beautifully complements the warm ...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Leather, Beech
"Set of 12 Chairs Art Deco", 1930, France in Leather and Wood
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Luxury 12 Art Deco chairs in leather and wood.
Year 1930
Country: French
Materials : wood and leather
Finish: polyurethanic lacquer
Elegant and sop...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Art Deco Chairs with Green Leather from France Around 1930
Located in Greven, DE
Six Art Deco Chairs.
Original Art Deco furniture from a time full of life and elegance. We get all of our furniture unrestored so that we can be sure that it is really original. We t...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Leather, Faux Leather, Beech
An Original Pair of Art Deco Bankers Chairs English Circa 1935
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
An Art Deco pair of Bankers chairs. Birdseye maple veneered with solid satin birch legs. Re-upholstered in cream leather and contrasting oatmeal faux suede.
Dimensions: H 78cm W 59...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Leather, Birdseye Maple, Satinwood
Black Leather Hammock Chair, Mogens Voltelen, circa 1930
Located in London, GB
The interplay of straight and curved lines within the chair’s design is very visually satisfying. The rhythm of lines is evident not only in the mahogany wood frame but within the leather too. The seat and back having a hammock construction mean the leather is allowed to bow naturally.
The continuous curve that the back legs are carved into and the apron (wooden rail across the front) at the front of the chair both echo the exact arc of the leather hammock...
Category
1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Kaare Klint KK47000 "Safari" Chair in Patinated Leather, Denmark, 1930s
By Kaare Klint
Located in Utrecht, NL
Kaare Klint’s “KK47000” Safari chair is a refined version of the chairs brought on an African safari by an American cinematographer and his wife. Klint noticed the chairs in the couple’s photos, and they were most likely based on Roorkhee Chairs, the seminal pieces of British campaign furniture used by the military...
Category
1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Art Deco Dining Chairs in Rosewood-Stained Beech and Green Maple, Set of 4
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Art Deco dining chairs in stained beech, rosewood and green maple, 1930s, set of 4.
Packaging with bubble wrap and cardboard boxes is included. If the woo...
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Leather, Beech, Maple
Mid-Century Modern French Wood, Chromed Metal and Black Leather Bar Stool, 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing barstool in wood, chromed metal and black leather with footrest. This fantastic item was designed in France during the 1930s.
The piece is fantastic because of the mix of ...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Chair in Oak and Leather by René Gabriel, Norma, 1936
By Rene Gabriel
Located in PARIS, FR
Chair in oak and leather by René Gabriel, Norma, 1936
Oak chair with an upside down backrest and three bars following the shape of the back, the seat upholstered. Four legs, the f...
Category
1930s French Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
Jules Leleu Vintage Chairs in Wood and Green Leather
By Jules Leleu
Located in Milano, IT
Wonderful set consisting of four wooden chairs designed in the 1930s by Jules Leleu, French manufacture.
The chairs have very eccentric shapes, both hard geometric and soft and comfo...
Category
1930s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Wood, Leather
3 art deco armchairs covered in leather, circa 1930
Located in Mouscron, WHT
3 art deco armchairs covered in leather, circa 1930
the leather is stained but not torn, very correct general condition, beautiful patina;
the price is for 1 , the buyer can buy 1 , ...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Leather, Beech
J.J.P. Oud for C.H. Eckhart Armchair in Leather and Mahogany
Located in Waalwijk, NL
J.J.P. Oud for C.H. Eckhart, chair, mahogany, leather, brass, The Netherlands, 1930s
Elegant Dutch chair with cream leather designed by J.J.P. Oud for C.H. Eckhart. The chair has a ...
Category
1930s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Brass
Old Hickory Chairs in Brown Suede Leather - Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Old Hickory Chairs newly upholstered in brown suede seats & backing.These amazing barrel back Old Hickory chairs are super comfortable and ...
Category
1930s American Adirondack Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Suede, Hickory
Art Deco French Office Chair in Macassar Wood
Located in Houston, TX
French Art Deco chair is made out of Macassar wood, newly re-upholstered with dark brown leather. Back of the chair has slightly curved top. Front legs are slightly curved and have d...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Brass
Set of Six Typical Art Deco Dining Room Chairs Black Lacquer and Beige Leather
Located in Ulm, DE
Dining room chairs with deep seat, therefore best suited for tall people
High gloss black piano lacquer
Beige leather, freshly upholstered
Set consisting of 6 pieces
Original...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Wood, Leather
Pair of French Art Deco Leather Moustache Back Lounge Chairs
Located in Wichita, KS
This pair of mid-20th century French Art Deco period moustache back club chairs are a true find. With a design created during the Art Modern movement from the 1920s-1940s, these chai...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Jacob Kjaer Rare Set of Ten Dining Chairs in Mahogany and Niger Leather
By Jacob Kjaer
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Jabob Kjær for Jacob Kjær Møbelhaandværk, dining chairs, niger leather, cuban mahogany, brass rivets, Denmark, 1937.
Stunning set of dining chairs by Jacob Kjær manufactured in 1937. The Danish designer Jacob Kjær created this particular model for the Paris World Fair in 1937. The strong, elegant form of the geometrical backrest with spindles, all executed in the finest Cuban mahogany is absolutely striking. Lightness is created through the slim proportions of the frame which is executed in mahogany. Together with the original cognac niger leather with admirable patina this set of dining chairs is visually striking. A nice decorative touch are the brass rivets on the side of each seating.
Jacob Kjaer (1896-1957) started working as a furniture designer in 1915. From 1918-20 he studied at the Institute of Arts and Crafts Museum in Berlin, then worked in Paris and returned to Copenhagen in 1926. Here, he opened his own workshop. His highly skilled craftsmanship and designs got honored with the Hand Work Medal in 1954.
These items are in good, used condition and show patina and signs of wear and use common for pieces this age. The mahogany type of this piece does not require an export license.
Please note that we have a total of sixteen chairs...
Category
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Art Deco Carved Walnut Dining Chairs, 1930s, Set of 6
Located in Montelabbate, PU
6 Art Deco chairs, leather seat. Back in walnut feather veneer and fan-shaped molding. The richly carved legs start with a sphere resting on a skirt carved with leaves next to it tha...
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1930s Italian Adam Style Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Original Anton Lorenz for Thonet Cantilevered Steel Tube SS33 Chair, 1930s
By Anton Lorenz, Thonet
Located in New York, NY
Anton Lorenz (1891–1966)
Timeless, early edition Bauhaus Model SS33 cantilevered armchair by Anton Lorenz for Thonet, circa 1930, ...
Category
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Chrome, Steel
Kaare Klint Armchair for Rud. Rasmussen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Kaare Klint 'red chair' in Cuban mahogany. Upholstered with Niger leather and brass nails. Executed by Rud. Rasmussen, 1934-1938.
Underside with manufacturer's paper label RUD. RA...
Category
1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Amazing "Set of 12 Chairs Art Deco ", 1930 France in Leather and Wood
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Luxury 12 Art Deco chairs in leather and wood.
Year 1930
Country: French
Materials : wood and leather, chrome studs
Finish: polyurethanic lacquer
E...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Frits Henningsen, Lounge Chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
A rare easy chair of leather and mahogany with nail head trim. Designed by Frits Henningsen. Reupholstered in soft red leather and refinished mahogany with brass nail-heads.
Category
1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Brass
Lorin Jackson for Grosfeld House Glassic Collection Chair, circa 1939
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Grosfeld House Glassic collection drapery back Lucite side / desk / vanity chair with midnight blue shearling upholstery. Designed by Lorin Jackson, this collection debuted at the 19...
Category
1930s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Lucite, Sheepskin
Set of 6 Cantilevered Chairs Thonet Bauhaus Model ST14 Hans Luckhardt
Located in Halle, DE
This hard to find set of 6 chairs, model ST 14, represents the modernist idea of the Bauhaus in an more elegant way.
Designed in 1931 for DESTA Berlin, later Thonet, Hans Luckhardt c...
Category
1930s German Bauhaus Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Sornay Attr. Art Deco Rosewood Lounge Chairs, France 1930s-1940s, Mid-Century
By Andre Sornay
Located in New York, NY
Sornay attributed deco Animal print rosewood lounge chairs, France, 1930s-1940s Mid-Century.
Incredible rosewood chairs with beautiful Patina throughout. Modernist square arms and...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Cowhide, Rosewood
Iron and Stainless Steel Dentist Armchair, USA, 1930
Located in Milan, IT
A stainless steel and black leather dentist’s armchair. The backrest and seat can be reclining, USA, circa 1930.
Category
1930s American Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Iron
Pair Art Deco Side Chairs, in Blond Walnut Wood by Osvaldo Borsani All Original
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Pair elegant Art Deco side chairs, in blond walnut wood by Osvaldo Borsani, for Atelier di Varedo, with spring seat and original leatherette upholstery in good condition.
Category
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Leather, Beech
1930´S Pair of Art Deco Deck Chairs in Aluminum and Leather - Italy
Located in Girona, ES
Pair of Art Deco deck chairs, aluminum and new cow leather upholstery,
Italy, c. 1930.
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Mahogany and Leather Barcelona Chair by Kaare Klint for Rud Rasmussen
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A Cuban mahogany 'Barcelona' dining or side chair designed by Kaare Klint featuring a leather upholstery. Originally introduced at the 1929 International Exposition in Barcelona, Spa...
Category
1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Six Very Rare 1930s Burr Oak Restored Robert Mouseman Thompson Dining Chairs 6
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare set of six burr oak 1930s Robert Mouseman Thompson dining chairs in fully restored condition
These chairs have been fully restored, all the original woven seats had dried and perished over the last 90-100 years of use, there weren’t safe to use, as such I have had all the woven leather replaced on every chair, it took 3-4 hides of thick veg tan plain leather which was hand dyed back to the original chestnut brown colour, I have a complete suite of pictures of the entire process. The frames have been glued and clamped where required, treated for insects as a matter of process not need, then deep cleaned waxed and polished
The timber on these chairs is a bit of a lottery jackpot, they have the original scalloped backs which is basically the honeycombed look and feel, but these panels are all burr oak. To put this in context a small milking stool by Mouseman may sell for £200-£300 in normal oak, in burr oak it sells for £1600-£2000. The timber is super rare, highly collectable and the finest of all the Mouseman...
Category
1930s English Arts and Crafts Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
Set of Six Rococo Chairs from the Start of the 20th Century
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Set of six Rococo chairs in stained beech.
Original upholstered with black patinated leather with nails.
Made in the start of the 20th century.
Category
1930s Danish Rococo Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Leather, Beech
Set of Six Chairs Designed by Josef Frank for Svensk Tenn, Model 725, Sweden
Located in Stockholm, SE
Set of six chairs designed by Josef Frank for Svensk Tenn, Model 725.
Sweden. 1938.
Mahogany and original leather.
Literature: Kristina Wängberg Eriksson, Jan Christer Eriksson, "Josef Frank Möbelformgivaren", Carlsson Bokförlag, Stockholm 2014, p. K 18
H: 90 cm
W: 58 cm
D: 63 cm
SH: 43 cm
Armrest height: 69 cm (at the highest point)
Josef Frank was a true European, he was also a pioneer of what would become classic 20th century Swedish design and the “Scandinavian Design Style”.
Austrian- born Frank started his design career as an architect after having trained at the Technische Hochschule in Vienna between 1903 and 1910. After his training he went on to teach at Kunstgewerbeschule (The Viennese School of Arts and crafts) where he developed and espoused the new school of modernist thinking towards Architecture and Design that was coming to fruition in Vienna at the time. He also went on to lead the Vienna Werkbund throughout the 1920s. This was a truly progressive group of Architects and Designers who set about improving the daily lives of Austrian people through modernist design and architecture in partnership with Arts and Crafts ideals and construction. Frank’s leadership of the Werkbund had already cemented his place at the forefront of European design.
Frank’s time in Vienna was typified by his design for the “Die Wohnung” exhibition of the Deutscher Werkbund in Stuttgart, 1927 where he exhibited along side his contemporaries at the forefront of design, such as the likes of Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius. Here he showed a specially designed pair of flat-roofed reinforced concrete houses in what is now seen as a typical modernist style.
What separated Frank’s house from the other 32 houses of the exhibition was the interior and furniture inside the building. It was described as “Neo-Classical” and filled with an eclectic mix of period pieces, modern design and pieces designed by Frank himself that seemed to cross the two worlds. This was a complete opposite direction to that which his fellow Architects were travelling in with their pared back and angular aesthetics. Frank said of his own work: “The house is not a work of art, simply a place where one lives,” and by this reasoning Frank rejected the regimental mechanisation of the living space that his contemporaries believed in, instead he set about creating congenial and spontaneous interiors. Frank’s practice saw him placing the bright colours and the soft forms of nature back into the furnishings and interiors that he thought modernism sorely mist.
Frank, along with Oskar Walch set up Haus und Garten in Vienna in 1925. This was Frank’s first commercial foray into furniture and home furnishings and the company went on to become the most influential furnishing house in Vienna with a riotous depth of colour and interesting shapes becoming the trademark of their design. However this success was to come to an end with rise of Nazism in Vienna in the early 1930’s. Frank was Jewish, and he and his wife Anna decided they would leave Vienna for her motherland: Sweden, in 1933. Frank continued to design for Haus and Garten, visiting Vienna occasionally and designing the pieces that would continue to be the company’s best...
Category
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Animal Skin Chairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
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