Twelve 'Aluflex' folding chairs, 1951 – Armin Wirth

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Armin Wirth
Twelve 'Aluflex' folding chairs, 1951

H. 83 x 43.5 x 48.5 cm.
Philipp Zieringer KG, Metallwerk 614, Bernstein, Switzerland.
Aluminum tube, aircraft plywood, painted light blue.
Marked: Manufacturer's plaque.

This chair only weighs c. 3 kg. The frame of the chair is made of tubular aluminum and shaped in a manner that does not require soldering. Seat and back are of very thin but sustainable air-ply. By lifting the seat, lots of chairs can be fit into each other and stored in a space-saving manner.

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Hammer Price: 600 €

181A - Design
24. March 2026 at 3:00 PM CET

Literature:

Exh. cat. Schweizer Möbeldesign 1927 - 1984, Museum für Gestaltung Zurich, Zurich 1986, p. 83; Sembach, Neue Möbel, Stuttgart 1982, p. 64; Zwicky (Ed.), Schweizer Möbellexikon, Zurich 2005, p. 50.

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Twelve 'Aluflex' folding chairs, 1951