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'Toonladder' Coat Rack - Coen de Vries
€900
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Antwerpen, BelgiumOn Whoppah since November 2022 • 13 sales
Product description
A first edition ‘Toonladder’ coat rack, designed by Coen de Vries in 1953 and manufactured by his own company DEVO in 1954. The coat rack is also known as ‘Notenbalk’.
The coatrack was designed for a model home of the foundation ‘Goed Wonen’ (Good Living) in Weesp, the Netherlands.
You can recognize this particular model (the first version of this coat rack) by its round tube frame and coat hooks made of curved plastic-coated electrical wire. The design was later modified by several other designers, such as Tjerk Reijenga for Pilastro, whose version comes in different sizes, with flat metal hooks and a square tubular frame. Tomade and Artimeta later put Reijenga’s design into production.
The original version is mounted on the wall with four screws. It is particularly rare due to the additional hat rack, which was an optional extra at the time.
Its name, ‘Toonladder’ (musical scale) or ‘Notenbalk’ (stave), comes from the shape of the curved hooks which symbolise the notes. These are manufactured in red and yellow.
Specifications
ConditionVery goodColorsRed, BlackMaterialMetal, PlasticNumber of items1Height198 cmWidth54 cmDepth26 cmSigns of usageScratches, Discoloring, Stains
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Antwerpen, BelgiumOn Whoppah since November 2022 • 13 sales