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Gispen Mondial 2006 edition
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Zuid-Beijerland, NetherlandsOn Whoppah since September 2024 • 37 sales
Product description
This Model 217 chair, also known as the "Mondial," was designed by father and son Gerrit and Wim Rietveld in 1956-1957 and was produced and sold by the company Gispen N.V.
Wim Rietveld, Gerrit Rietveld's son, was a designer at the furniture company Gispen from 1953 to 1957.
At that time, Willem Gispen had already left the company.
In 1956-1957, father and son jointly designed a special chair, "the Mondial," for the Dutch pavilion at Expo 58 in Brussels, the first world exhibition after the Second World War.
The chair owes its name, Mondial, to this.
Gerrit Rietveld was responsible for the design, while Wim took on the technical development.
In 1957, the chair was presented at the Milan Triennale, where the design was awarded a gold medal. The Mondial chair is included in the design collections of a number of museums.
In the Netherlands, the Stedelijk Museum, the Centraal Museum, and the Rijksmuseum, among others, own a Mondial.
The Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen has a rare red example in its collection.
This concerns the Gispen reissue from 2006.
We have 3 examples available with armrests, 1 without armrests, and also a number of blue and grey examples with and without armrests.
These are offered in separate advertisements.
If you purchase multiple chairs, combined shipping is of course possible upon consultation.
The Mondial is a stackable and connectable chair, with a sheet steel frame and a seat folded from an aluminum plate.
In side view, the legs form a K-pattern; the legs meet at the back of the seat and are attached to a steel tube with a 25mm diameter. This is the version with Bakelite armrests; this model is the 217.
The chair is in good condition, sturdy, and fitted with the original floor caps.
Some paint damage, some damage from stacking, and the usual signs of years of use, of course.
Height 77 cm.
Seat height 46 cm.
Armrest height 64 cm.
Depth 53 cm.
Width 58 cm.
Specifications
ConditionVery goodColorsRedMaterialMetalNumber of items1BrandGispenHeight77 cmWidth58 cmDepth53 cmSeat height46 cmSigns of usageStains, Dents, Scratches
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Zuid-Beijerland, NetherlandsOn Whoppah since September 2024 • 37 sales