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Vintage 'LaWo 1' armchair, Han Pieck '46
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ProfessionalApeldoorn, NetherlandsOn Whoppah since March 2022 • 409 sales
Product description
Han Pieck's (1923) graduation project in 1946 at the Amsterdam School of Applied Arts would also become his life's work: the now-classic LaWo I chair. "LaWo" stands for "laminated wood," a birch plywood. The chair consists of a single piece of laminated wood. A Jewish entrepreneur financed the production of a thousand chairs out of gratitude for Pieck's help during the occupation.
However, production did not proceed entirely flawlessly: hundreds of chairs were lost during trial pressings. Once the technical problems had been resolved, the contract for the delivery of ten thousand chairs to a sales firm in Amsterdam had expired, and other buyers were difficult to find. Only about a thousand units had been sold when Pieck and his business partner Maarten van Raalte were forced to halt production and close their factory in 1948. It is considered the first Dutch chair manufactured from a single piece of wood.
In short: a unique and, above all, rare find, this museum piece which was recently featured in the television program *Tussen Kunst & Kitsch*. In very neat used condition. The armchair has a beautiful patina and has no chips or damage. Numbered on the underside.
Dimensions
Height 73cm
Width 66cm
Depth 85cm
Specifications
ConditionExcellentColorsBrownMaterialWood, MetalNumber of items1First ownerYesHeight73 cmWidth66 cmDepth85 cmSeat height37 cm
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ProfessionalApeldoorn, NetherlandsOn Whoppah since March 2022 • 409 sales