Skip to main content
Video Loading
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 22

Set of modernist ''Bastille'' chairs by Dutch Architect Piet Blom, 1960s

$2,378.61per set
£1,762.19per set
€1,995per set
CA$3,258.58per set
A$3,615.66per set
CHF 1,893.96per set
MX$44,337.75per set
NOK 24,090.55per set
SEK 22,740.45per set
DKK 15,175.53per set
Shipping
Retrieving quote...
The 1stDibs Promise:
Authenticity Guarantee,
Money-Back Guarantee,
24-Hour Cancellation

About the Item

A set of "Bastille Chairs" by Dutch architect Piet Blom (1934 - 1999). The design of these is well known in the Netherlands and recognized as a Dutch design icon. It is possible to purchase one chair instead of the set of two. The Bastille chair with its avantgarde, modernist design combines well with antique modernist pieces from the early 1920s, as well as with modern design pieces. We have illustrated this with a couple of pictures and a video of a set up using 1920s -30s pieces. Architect Piet Blom is well known and famous for his unusual cube houses in Rotterdam and Helmond, which were realized in the early 1970s (see in last image). Blom designed the Bastille chairs in 1964 for the mensa/canteen of the Technical University in Twente, Netherlands. Only about 400 were ever manufactured. After renovation of the university 200 pieces survived. This set of chairs was amongst the few that were salvaged and restored, and were then used in the university of Delft. In the 1960s Piet Blom designed the ''Bastille'' canteen to become an exciting castle full of stairs and corridors where students could meet. The building was baptized ''Bastille'' as a reference to the famous Parisian prison fortres, with its massive stone facades and high positioned windows were little light came through. The Bastille had a square vertical core with a stairwell, and Blom placed four large concrete blocks around it. The complex placement of the building components created a true labyrinth in the interior with no less than thirteen level differences. The twelve mezzanines had dozens of balustrades, walls, niches and stairs. Blom believed that if students experienced his building as a small town, it would promote their social well-being. These modernist chairs blended in perfectly in the architectural design of the university, as illustrated in the last photographs.
  • Creator:
    Piet Blom (Designer)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 33.47 in (85 cm)Width: 15.75 in (40 cm)Depth: 15.75 in (40 cm)Seat Height: 17.33 in (44 cm)
  • Sold As:
    Set of 2
  • Style:
    Post-Modern (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Wood,Lacquered
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1964
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use. some scratches and wear on the paint, no structural issues (very stable and sturdy).
  • Seller Location:
    EVERDINGEN, NL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU8096241129522

More From This Seller

View All
Set of richly provenanced G. Rietveld Zig Zag chairs, made G.A. van de Groenekan
By Gerard van de Groenekan, Gerrit Rietveld
Located in EVERDINGEN, NL
A set of two Zig Zag chairs from the ''Van Dantzig'' Rietveld house, commissioned by Dora Mees to be executed as the original 1934 design, and manufactured by Rietveld 's carpenter G...
Category

Vintage 1970s Dutch De Stijl Side Chairs

Materials

Elm

Two Bossche School benches or stools by architect Fons Vermeulen, 1960s
By Dom Hans van der Laan
Located in EVERDINGEN, NL
This set of benches came from the home of Fons Vermeulen (1913-2013), a Bossche School architect. Perhaps the most daring architect within the Bossche School. Vermeulen often did thi...
Category

Vintage 1960s Dutch Modern Benches

Materials

Pine

Dutch Art Deco Modernist Haagse School Armchair, 1920s
By Frits Spanjaard
Located in EVERDINGEN, NL
An antique architectural Dutch Art Deco armchair in solid oak and an extraordinary modernist design. The chair has a robust look and is heavy i...
Category

Vintage 1920s Dutch Art Deco Armchairs

Materials

Oak

Steltman chair by Gerrit Rietveld, double stamp G.A. van de Groenekan & Cassina
By Gerrit Rietveld, Gerard van de Groenekan
Located in EVERDINGEN, NL
A limed oak Steltman chair, ca. 1973. Only a couple of dozen (40-50) of Steltmans were ever made, which makes this design icon an extremely rare piece. As one of the final projects ...
Category

Vintage 1970s Dutch De Stijl Side Chairs

Materials

Oak

Dutch Art Deco Haagse School high back chair by Hendrik Wouda for Pander, 1924
By Hendrik Wouda, H.Pander & Zonen
Located in EVERDINGEN, NL
Very rare highback chair by Hendrik Wouda for Pander & Sons, 1924. One of the signature designs by Hendrik Wouda, also depicted in the most referenced monograph about his life and wo...
Category

Vintage 1920s Dutch Art Deco Side Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Oak

Dutch Art Deco occasional table by Paul Bromberg for Pander & Sons, 1920s
By H.Pander & Zonen, Paul Bromberg
Located in EVERDINGEN, NL
A Paul Bromberg Amsterdam School table from around 1924, which certainly still has some influences from the modernists that Paul Bromberg worked with before at Metz and Co. This tab...
Category

Vintage 1920s Dutch Art Deco Side Tables

Materials

Oak

You May Also Like

Postmodern 1970s Pair of 2 Chairs by Bruno Rey for Dietiker, 1970s
By Bruno Rey, Dietiker
Located in Basel, BS
Iconic and comfortable 1970s Swiss Designer chairs. Suitable for side chairs, accent chairs, dining chairs, etc. Original 1970s labels present. Solid wood-- Original! *Not remakes / ...
Category

Vintage 1970s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Beech

Set of 4 Rio Chairs by Pascal Mourgue for Artelano
By Pascal Mourgue
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A set of 4 stackable chairs designed by Pascal Mourgue and manufactured by Artelano in Paris in the early 1990s. Simple and understated yet trendy and sexy, the Rio chairs...
Category

1990s French Modern Chairs

Materials

Steel

Huizenga NV Bastille Chair by Piet Blom, 1960s, De Stijl, Rietveld, Mondrian
By Piet Blom
Located in CULEMBORG, GE
Piet Blom was a famous Dutch architect, mostly known for his iconic Cube houses in Rotterdam and Helmond, The Netherlands. One of his early assignments was the design of a student restaurant for the Technical University Twente, called the ‘Bastille’. For this restaurant, Blom also designed the chairs, to be manufactured by Huizenga in 1965. Made of black and red lacquered wood, the ‘Bastille’ chair features a straight structure, round seat and curved back and legrest. With its unique constructivist shape, the chair is often seen as a homage to Gerrit Rietveld and De Stijl. Only 400 of these chairs were ever made and less than 200...
Category

Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Wood

set of 4 chairs by Rainer Schell
By The Société des Artistes Décorateurs
Located in TARBES, FR
**For Sale: Set of 4 Stackable Chairs by Rainer Schell** Introducing a stylish and practical set of 4 stackable chairs designed by the renowned Rainer Schell. These chairs are a per...
Category

Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Beech

set of 4 chairs by Rainer Schell
$1,135 Sale Price
20% Off
12 Sjoerd Schamhart Architectural Chairs the Hague 1953
By Sjoerd Schamhart
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
These chairs where commissioned by Dutch architect Sjoerd Schamhart in 1953 for the Grotius Lyceum (school) that is now classified as a national monument in ...
Category

Vintage 1950s Dutch Side Chairs

Materials

Brass

Dining Chairs by Dom Hans van der Laan, Netherlands, 1960s
By Dom Hans van der Laan
Located in Antwerp, BE
A set of rare dining chairs, designed by the Dutch Benedictine monk and architect Dom Hans van der Laan for the Abbey Church of St. Benedictusberg near Vaals in the 1950s. Crafted fr...
Category

Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Wood, Pine