Bigla - R 141

Grundentwurf: 1927; Produktion Bigla: ab 1937

Design /Draft Ludwig Mies van der Rohe DE / US, 1886 - 1969

Manufacturer Bigler, Spichiger & Cie., Biglen, CH gegründet 1904

MediumMetall: Stahlrohr, verchromt. Sitz Geflecht

DimensionsBxT: 47 x 73 cm (Lagermasse)

Titles

populärer NameWeissenhofstuhl

ReihentitelMR10

Description“They say that when Mies van der Rohe saw a prototype of the Thonet B32, he traced that continuous line of the tubing in chalk, for his collaborators. Then they had to work on it, to purify it. Because for him purity and essence were synonyms.“
Bruno Monguzzi

Object number2012-0030

DepartmentDesignsammlung

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Exhibitions

Credit LineZürcher Hochschule der Künste / Museum für Gestaltung Zürich / Designsammlung