Early Production Erik Buck Teak and Leather Chair

Prototype stacking chair hand-built of aluminum by furniture designer and artist Richard Schultz as a full-size 3-D model exploring the ergonomic and sculptural qualities of a design...

Prototype stacking chair hand-built of an aluminum sheet and tubular aluminum by furniture designer and artist Richard Schultz as a full-size 3-D model exploring the ergonomic and sc...

Prototype folding chair of tubular metal with plastic ball caps and its original yellow mesh fabric sling dating to the late 1950’s or early 1960’s. By architect and designer Henry Glass, an Austrian emigre who worked with Gilbert Rohde in New York City in the late 1930’s and then studied in Chicago with Laszlo Moholy-Nagy. Glass was ahead of his time in his concerns with pre-fabrication, modularity, affordability, and ecological responsibility. He was known for his knock-down furniture designs–chairs and tables that folded, nested, or stacked for easy mobility and space-saving flexibility. Austere and visually interesting, these designs utilized inexpensive materials such as plywood, masonite, tubular steel, and canvas. The present piece, never produced, channels Gerrit Rietveld in proposing a low-cost mid-century outdoor chair...

'Obelisk' flatware set designed in 1954 by Erik Herlow for Universal Steel of Denmark and retailed worldwide by Georg Jensen. Each technically innovative piece was wrought from a single piece of 18/8 stainless steel, then hand-finished with a brushed surface on the handles. Complete 6 piece service for 12 (dinner forks, salad forks, soup spoons, teaspoons, dinner knives, butter knives) plus 2 serving pieces, 74 pieces in all. Stamped manufacturer's mark and artist's cipher to each piece EH/Copenhagen Cutlery...

Erik Buch dining chairs, teak, Denmark, 1960s. These exquisitely elegant and impeccably crafted armchairs were designed by renowned Danish designer Erik Buch, a master of mid-centur...

Set of eight restored Erik Buch dining chairs made by Anderstrup Møbelfabrik. The chairs are made in teak and feature a solid wooden frame and are as all of Erik Buchs chairs char...

Four Danish Erik Buch dining chairs made by Oddense Maskinsnedkeri. The chairs feature a solid teak frame and are as all of Erik Buchs chairs characterized by high-quality materials...

Six Erik Buch Refinished dining chairs in solid teak, custom upholstery The chairs feature a solid teak frame and are as all of Erik Buchs chairs characterized by high-quality mat...