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Set of 4 Model S34 Armchair by Mart Stam for Thonet
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Professionalbad bentheim, GermanyOn Whoppah since December 2022 • 88 sales
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All chairs feature the Thonet stamp embossed in the leather. The set comprises four chairs. Description Mart Stam was a Dutch architect, urban planner, and furniture designer. Early in his career, Stam worked as an architect in the Netherlands and Germany during the 1920s on various projects that are now considered historic landmarks. Among them is the Weissenhof Estate in Stuttgart (1927), which is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was here that the organizer, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, first presented Mart Stam’s design for a chair without back legs to the public: the S33 and S34 cantilever chairs. The concept of a two-legged cantilever design—“Why four legs when two suffice?”—featuring a frame made from a single bent piece of tubular steel, was truly revolutionary. This piece of furniture embodies the innovative spirit of the Bauhaus—simplicity and functionality—like few other designs. He also taught urban planning as a guest lecturer at the Bauhaus in Dessau and co-edited the avant-garde magazine *ABC*. In 1939, Stam and his wife moved to the Soviet Union. As members of the “May Brigade,” they designed several Soviet model cities. Upon returning to the Netherlands, he accepted a teaching position at the *Instituut voor Kunstnijverheidsonderwijs* in Amsterdam, eventually becoming its director. In 1948, Stam once again settled in a communist state. In the GDR, he taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden and, in 1950, became director of the School of Applied Arts in Berlin-Weißensee (KHB). Disillusioned by the “Formalism Dispute” in the GDR—a conflict that signaled a departure from artistic freedom—Stam left the country. Back in his native Netherlands, he worked as an independent architect, though he was unable to replicate the successes of his earlier years. In 1966, Stam retired to Switzerland. From then on, he maintained no contact whatsoever with former colleagues and friends. Mart Stam died in Goldach in 1986.
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ConditionGoodColorsWhiteMaterialLeatherNumber of items1BrandThonetHeight84 cmWidth57 cmDepth64 cmSeat height45 cmSigns of usageScratches
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Professionalbad bentheim, GermanyOn Whoppah since December 2022 • 88 sales