Gerrit Rietveld - Two iconic Rietveld design chairs - Sold

Red-Blue Chair: Beautiful miniature production by Gerrit Rietveld and the most famous chair in the Netherlands; the slatted chair, or the Red-Blue chair. The original design of the Red-Blue chair by Gerrit Rietveld is from 1917 – 1918, and has a natural wooden finish. Gerrit Rietveld painted his revolutionary chair in 1921 in primary colors as a result of his collaboration with the 'de Stijl' movement and has become an absolute icon of the De Stijl movement. Dimensions: 17 x 12 x 13 cm
Steltman Chair: At the age of 75, Gerrit Rietveld made his last chair: the Steltman chair. The asymmetrical chair, which provides a surprising image from every angle, is typical of Rietveld's design ideas and has now become a real design classic! The graphic lines of the Steltman chair are typical of Rietveld's furniture designs. His strong vision and the principles of the De Stijl art movement are clearly visible. With the Steltman chair, Rietveld once again proved his status as a pioneering designer. The chair owes its name to the Hague jeweler and purveyor Steltman, who commissioned Rietveld in 1963 to renovate and furnish his store at Noordeinde in The Hague. As part of the new interior, Rietveld designed two mirrored chairs constructed from a graphic interplay of lines. From these chairs customers could select their jewelry and wedding rings. In this context, the chairs also took on a symbolic meaning: two separate, opposing shapes that together form a unity. Dimensions: 14 x 10 x 9 cm