Born in Utrecht, the son of a cabinetmaker, Gerrit Rietveld worked in his father?s workshop from the age of eleven. In 1911, he became an independent cabinetmaker and began attending architectural drawing classes given by P.J.C. Klaarhamer.
He designed the Red-and-Blue Chair 1917/18 and in 1919 became one of the first members of the De Stijl movement. His celebrated chair design was first published in "De Stijl" magazine and in 1923 it was included in an exhibition at the Bauhaus. During the 1920s his most important architectural commission was the Schr?der House (1924).
In 1927, he designed experimental fibreboard and plywood furniture, subsequently manufactured by Metz & Co, Amsterdam. During the depression, Rietveld designed low-cost furniture constructed from packing-crated components.
In 1942 he designed a stamped aluminium chair and in 1957 produced a series of bent-metal chairs. For his final design, however, the Steltman chair of 1963, he returned to the use of solid wood elements and geometric formalism.
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Zig Zac Chair
art. K690
359,00 €
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