Furniture Designs for Metz & Co, Amsterdam, Netherlands (1933-1934)

People:

J.J.P. Oud (architect)

Title:

Furniture Designs for Metz & Co, Amsterdam, Netherlands (1933-1934)

Date:

1933-1934

Level of archival description:
project

Extent and medium:

19 drawings
9 photographs

Scope and content:
The director of the Metz & Co interior design firm, Joseph de Leeuw, commissioned furniture designs from several prominent Dutch artists and architects, including Oud, Van der Leck and Rietveld. Oud's four chair designs were featured in the company's exhibition, "Steel Furniture in 1934." The chairs were made of steel frames; the third chair featured angular rear supports with sharp front angles adjoining the front, while in the fourth, the chair front and rear leg supports were crossed. Oud also designed four more chair types in 1934, including the 07 series, which received critical acclaim (Taverne et al. 2001, 375-377). Project series includes drawings of sketch perspectives of chairs, a sketch plan for a house and unidentified details, possibly for Metz & Co, as well as photographs of the chairs.

Reference number:

CI005.S1.1933.PR1

Location:

Den Helder Netherlands

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