Arthur Collani Plywood "Modern" Chair

Rectangular cocktail table of cut laminated plywood with solid wood supports. A well-constructed circa 1940s design with an architectural bearing, likely a one-off commission. The top sits within two lateral struts, giving the appearance of bridge architecture. . A design in the manner of Nathan Lerner...

Prototype stacking chair hand-built of aluminum by furniture designer and artist Richard Schultz as a full-size 3-D model exploring the ergonomic and sculptural qualities of a design...

Reprint of a 1953 international survey of modernist lighting, originally published in Germany by Alexander Koch. This edition published in 2012 by Arnoldsche Art Publishers. Faithful reprint of the original, with a new introduction by Bernd Dicke. Large 8vo (8.5” x 12”), pictorial boards, approximately 122 pages, fully illustrated with b/w photos plus several color images at the front. Introductory text in German and English; curatorial text in German, English, and French. A bible for sourcing and documenting early postwar lighting, based on the perspicacity of the editor(s). A roster of designers and manufacturers, gleaned fro the index at the rear, includes: Arredoluce, Arteluce, BAG Turgi, Peter Behrens, Alexey Brodovitch, Paul Bry, Franco Buzzi, Alexander Calder, Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Robert Gage, Lester Geis...

Prototype folding chair of tubular metal with plastic ball caps and its original yellow mesh fabric sling dating to the late 1950’s or early 1960’s. By architect and designer Henry Glass, an Austrian emigre who worked with Gilbert Rohde in New York City in the late 1930’s and then studied in Chicago with Laszlo Moholy-Nagy. Glass was ahead of his time in his concerns with pre-fabrication, modularity, affordability, and ecological responsibility. He was known for his knock-down furniture designs–chairs and tables that folded, nested, or stacked for easy mobility and space-saving flexibility. Austere and visually interesting, these designs utilized inexpensive materials such as plywood, masonite, tubular steel, and canvas. The present piece, never produced, channels Gerrit Rietveld in proposing a low-cost mid-century outdoor chair...