Botterweg Auctions Amsterdam > HOPMI chari, frame of six bent tubular steel elements, fixed with a torpedo-nut, seat and backrest made of plywood, design Gerrit Rietveld 1932, executed by Victor Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Rotterdam / the Netherlands 2013, limited edition 18/150

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LotNumber 119
Description HOPMI chari, frame of six bent tubular steel elements, fixed with a torpedo-nut, seat and backrest made of plywood, design Gerrit Rietveld 1932, executed by Victor Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Rotterdam / the Netherlands 2013, limited edition 18/150
Literature Shown in: The furniture Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam: page 305, pic.472
Executed Produced by Victor Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Rotterdam / the Netherlands
Signature Label: Gerrit Thomas Rietveld HOPMI stoel, Nr. 018/150 (2013), see photo's
Year of design 1932
Year of execution 2013
Height 87 cm. / 34.3 inch
Width 46.5 cm. / 18.3 inch
Depth 46.5 cm. / 18.3 inch
Notes Only two copies of the "Rietveld HOPMI chair" were made in 1932. The chair was rediscovered in 2008, when the heirs of professor Lanjouw from Utrecht gave their chair on loan to the Central Museum in Utrecht. The torpedo nut was a patent of the Dutch Patent Metal Industry (HOPMI) in Utrecht.