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Item details

Height

81.0 cm

Width

49.0 cm

Depth

69.0 cm

Wear conditions Wear conditions

Good

Wear conditions

Excellent

Shows little to no signs of wear and tear.

Good

May show slight traces of use in keeping with age. Most vintage and antique items fit into this condition.

Average

Likely to show signs of some light scratching and ageing but still remains in a fair condition.

Apparent Wear and Tear

Visible signs of previous use including scratches, chips or stains.

Please refer to condition report, images or make a seller enquiry for additional information.

Description

This is a rare, very early example of Mies van Der Rohe's MR10 cantilevered side chair or Freischwinger. The chair has significant distinguishing features that can be seen in the photographs as follows.
. A fully welded structure, the curved cross member under the seat being welded in place and not screwed in.
. A completely seamless, continuous, tubular frame with no visible joins to the tubular steel at all.
. Steel backing strips which hold the leather to the rear of the frame by screwing into to steel strips welded to the frame itself, rather than into the tubular uprights.
. Small hooks welded to the underside of the seat rails at the front, designed to prevent the leather seat sliding forwands and downwards over the curved leg fronts.
. The frame tapering slightly towards the rear, being widest (49cm) at the mid point of the front curved legs tapering to 47.5 at the rear of the seat, to a minimum width of 45 at the top of the chair.
. The tubing is 25mm in diameter.

These features are, each on their own, unusual and rare if not unique, and when combined in the single chair, lead us to believe that this is a very early example, perhaps some form of prototype and certainly of careful, costly manufacture by hand. The frame is however chrome plated rather than nickel plated, suggesting to us a time of manufacture two or three years after the very first chairs produced by Metallgewerbe Joseph Müller. Bamberg Metallwerkstätten, we believe, did produce chairs with chrome plating around this time. We are also aware that Bigler, Spichiger und Cie. AG (Bigla) produced Mies chairs at this time. We would date this chair to Ca. 1930. We cannot make a firm attribution to the manufacturer as we have not seen another example with the features present here and have not been able to access original design records. There is no makers label present as is to be expected with such an early production.

This is an original, early chair with replacement thick leather, which has been carefully chosen with aged finish to the white surface. This chair was one of a pair, the first, now sold, had the original leather, this one had leather so deteriorated and torn it had to be replaced. We believe this leather to be fully in keeping, visually, with the age of the chair. All screws and fittings are the original ones

Condition report:

Good used condition with no repairs or damage to the frame, some wear and scratching to the chrome especially at the foota . As mentioned, the leather is a replacement as the original was missing completely from the frame when purchased.

Additional dimensions information:

Height to seat at front 48cm, at rear 45cm.

Material
Leather, Steel
Manufactured
1930s
Origin
Germany
Item location
Bexhill-on-Sea, United Kingdom
Period
Early 20th Century
Designer
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Brand
Unknown
Condition
Refurbished

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Estimated delivery time

Less than one week

Free collection available

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