A chromed tubular steel chair, Model No. ST14
A chromed tubular steel chair, Model No. ST14

DESIGNED BY HANS AND WASSILI LUCKHARDT 1929, MANUFACTURED BY DESTA, BERLIN, CIRCA 1930

细节
A chromed tubular steel chair, Model No. ST14
Designed by Hans and Wassili Luckhardt 1929, manufactured by Desta, Berlin, circa 1930
Cantilevered frame, black painted moulded back and seat
34½in. (87.5cm.) high

拍品专文

Cf: Derek Ostergard, op. cit., Cat. No. 85, p. 294 & 295
Sembach, Leuthäuser, Gössel, Twentieth Century Furniture Design, p. 117

The Luckhardt brothers had been influential members of the postwar Expressionist movement in German architecture. However, by the mid 1920s, the Luckhardts had adopted a more rational approach to design using a system of standardization and new materials. The present chair reflects this idealogical shift with its minimal streamlined form. The chair was also available in a model in which the seat could pivot into a vertical position when not in use, reducing the bulk of the design, as did the thin, moulded planes of bent plywood that form the seat and back.
The chair was exhibited by the Luckhardt brothers in a model home, the Desta House, shown at the Bau-Ausstellung in Berlin, 1931, and appeared in the Desta sales catalogue of April 1930.