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Klaus Grabe C5 Chaise Lounge 1948
$2,400
£1,813.31
€2,077.51
CA$3,348.78
A$3,650
CHF 1,929.72
MX$43,939.04
NOK 24,492.97
SEK 22,455.05
DKK 15,519.10
About the Item
Fantastic original chaise lounge model C5 designed by Bauhaus trained designer, Klaus Grabe c1948. This was a single owner lounge purchased from daughter who told me that her mother always kept it covered and out of the elements. Built like a tank, ready to be enjoyed for another 50+ years. Lived its whole life outdoors, but could easily be used indoors.
Grabe (1910–2004) was trained at the Bauhaus in Germany before emigrating in the late 1930s to Mexico City with fellow Bauhaus students Morley Webb and Michael van Beuren. In the early 40s, while Grabe was still in Mexico, the Museum of Modern Art organized “Organic Design in Home Furnishings,” a competition open to designers from across the United States and Latin America. Winning entries were displayed at the museum as part of an exhibition of the same name, and rewarded with contracts for manufacture and sale by select department stores. Debuting their work alongside that of Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen, a chaise lounge design by van Beuren, Grabe, and Webb was one of the winning entries exhibited at MoMA and available via special order in the United States. The chaise was manufactured by van Beuren’s company Domus in Mexico City.
Grabe later moved to New York in the early 1950s where he worked as an architect and furniture designer. His designs began to gain recognition through features in Life, Popular Science, and other publications. In 1954 he published the book Build Your Own Modern Furniture.
- Creator:Klaus Grabe (Designer)
- Dimensions:Height: 26.5 in (67.31 cm)Width: 23.5 in (59.69 cm)Depth: 63.5 in (161.29 cm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:1948
- Condition:Refinished. Wear consistent with age and use. This has been repainted many years ago. Overall good vintage condition, age appropriate wear.
- Seller Location:Oakland, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU7361240886682
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