company metal plate Thonet, Germany, production fa Gebrüder Thonet
AG, Frankenberg on Eder, design by B. Weil, execution by fa Thonet around
1932, chromed base metal, lacquered wood (later lacquer),
dimensions 150 × 170 × 50 cmLit: Thonet Stahlrohr-Mobel/ Tubular Steel Furniture Card
Catalogue, von Vegasack Alexander, Vitra Design Museum, 1989.
Bruno Weill as director of Thonet Fr?res in Paris introduces furniture production
of tubular steel with designs by Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand, R. C. Coquery
(Coqueri), André Lurçat and other important designers. Under the pseudonym
Béwé designs tubular steel furniture for Thonet. In 1940
he goes to the United States to work for Thonet Brothers.
Rare Bauhaus B-290 secretary by designer Bruno Weill for Thonet
circa 1932 is one of the unique and rarely seen
within functionalist design furniture.
#24024319
auction 66
66th auction of Fine Art, Antiques, Design and Glass
Information at aukce@sypka.cz, mob. 608 958 322.
