Key facts

Product:
Armchair
Manufacturer:
Christie`s
Architonic ID:
4102503
Launched:
1933
Country:
United Kingdom
Category:
Furnishings

Product description

Designed 1933-34, manufactured by Metz & Co., chromed tubular steel and close-nailed leather upholstery.
271⁄2in. (70cm.) height; 201⁄2in. (52cm.) width; 26in. (66cm.) depth.
Primarily known for his lighting designs manufactured by Gispen, Oud's ouevre as a designer of tubular steel furniture has been less widely documented. Oud produced a variety of chair designs in the late 1920s and early 1930s, some of which displayed great inventiveness in their design, however none were produced in any quantity.
Lit: Jan van Geest, Otakar Mácel, Stühle aus Stahl, Metallmöbel 1925-1940, Cologne, 1980, p.99 (the design illustrated)