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1930thies 6 Red Leather Armchairs by Serge Chermayeff for PEL

$9,824.78per set
£7,312.55per set
€8,200per set
CA$13,457.49per set
A$14,967.67per set
CHF 7,815.65per set
MX$182,140.57per set
NOK 99,817.77per set
SEK 93,611.46per set
DKK 62,423.74per set
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6 leather armchairs by PEL between 1933 and 1936. The same model with different arms where made for the BBC Studio and also in the HOTEL METROPOL in Brighton in 1936. Serge Chermayeff (1900–1996) was one of Britain’s most admired inter-war architects and designers. Chermayeff moved across Britain, Europe and even Latin America looking for work.n 1933 and 1936. Serge Chermayeff was one of the designers who worked In 1924 he took a job in London as an interior designer and over the next few years established himself as one of the industry’s leading figures. By the early 1930s he was able to branch out into product design and even architecture. With his international connections, Chermayeff was receptive to new ideas about modern design and was a member of organisations such as MARS and the Twentieth Century Group, which promoted the new style. In 1933 he formed a partnership with the German architect Erich Mendelsohn. Between them they constructed one of Britain’s most iconic Modernist buildings, the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea. In 1940 he emigrate to America, where he reinvented himself as a teacher and academic. He ended his working life as Professor of Architecture at Yale University.
  • Creator:
    Serge Chermayeff (Designer)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 29.53 in (75 cm)Width: 19.69 in (50 cm)Depth: 17.72 in (45 cm)Seat Height: 16.93 in (43 cm)
  • Sold As:
    Set of 6
  • Style:
    Bauhaus (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1935
  • Condition:
    Minor fading. one two chairs minor defects.
  • Seller Location:
    Schöfflisdorf, CH
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2014326695392

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