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Customizable S 43 Cantilever Chair by Mart Stam

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Range S 43 Simplicity that unfolds its effect everywhere: Mart Stam removed the back legs from furniture that for centuries had been created based on the same principles. Through evolutionary refinement, an object that simply looks good in any place where both understatement and quality are wanted. For his furniture designs, Mart Stam placed a high value on usefulness and austerity with regard to aesthetics as well as material. The straight-lined form, a clear construction and improved sitting comfort resulted from this approach. Stam achieved the greatest possible reduction with the cantilever chair S 43 by combining the tubular steel frame with moulded wood elements for seat and backrest. The pure, restrained form of this cantilever chair makes it an exemplary design in the spirit of modernism. Today, Gebrüder T 1819 owns the artistic copyright for the strictly cubic chair without back legs. The reading hall for natural sciences of the German National Library in Leipzig was furnished with the cantilever chair S 43 in 1933. More than 70 years later, Gebrüder T 1819 delivered more of the S 43 chairs as an addition to the existing furniture. Only tubular steel furniture of the highest quality, as is typical for Gebrüder T 1819, exhibit such durability and sustainability. In all of his furniture designs Mart Stam relied on straightforward forms, an aesthetic economy of means in the construction and the benefit of improved seating comfort. In the case of S 43 he combined the tubular steel frame with moulded plywood shells for seat and back and thus created an absolute reduction. Due to the comfortable flexing effect of the frame, upholstery is unnecessary. Its clear, reserved form makes this cantilever chair an exemplary design in the spirit of modernism. Today, Gebrüder T 1819 owns the artistic copyright for this strictly cubic “chair with no rear legs”. Frame tubular steel chrome-plated or lacquered in various colors (not stackable). Moulded plywood seat and backrest in stained beech or lacquered in different colors. Also available with upholstered wood shells, covered with leather or fabric. The cantilever chairs from programme range S 43 in black as a standard have black rivets on the seat and backrest. All other colors are assembled with silver rivets.
  • Creator:
    Mart Stam (Designer)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 32.29 in (82 cm)Width: 17.33 in (44 cm)Depth: 20.48 in (52 cm)Seat Height: 18.12 in (46 cm)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    Contemporary
  • Production Type:
    New & Custom(Current Production)
  • Estimated Production Time:
    15-16 weeks
  • Condition:
  • Seller Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: S431stDibs: LU4465222020542

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