Lot: 122


Two armchairs 'MR 20', two chairs 'MR 10', one table 'MR 140', 1927

Armchairs: H. 77.8 x 55.9 x 85.5 cm, D. 2.4 cm; H. 79.8 x 55.6 x 82 cm, D. 2.4 cm. Chairs: H. 74.8 x 50 x 76 cm, D. 2.4 cm; H. 79.5 x 49.5 x 71 cm, D. 2.4 cm. Table: H. 59.7 cm, D. 72.2 cm, D. 2.4 cm. Made by Berliner Metall-Gewerbe Jos. Müller, Berlin 1929. Tubular steel, chrome-plated, plugged and screwed, wicker, black painted wood.

From the estate of a former employee of Mies van der Rohe. The original invoice of the company Berliner Metall Gewerbe Jos. Müller, Berlin, dated June 17 1929 will accompany this lot. With: 2 drawings of the chairs and the table and 6 sketches of other designs on drawing board paper. In addition: certificate of employment and employer's reference.

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Hammer Price: 16,000 €

148A - Schools of Design
03. December 2019 at 4:00 PM CET

Literature:

Exh. Mies van der Rohe, Vitra-Museum, Weil am Rhein 1998, pp. 30f., 36, 85;Vegesack/ Kries (ed.), Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Weil am Rhein 1998, p. 80f; Exh. bauhaus-möbel, Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin 2003, p. 304f.; Cat. design im 20. Jahrhunderts, Museum für angewandte Kunst Köln, Cologne 1989, p. 143.