The Zig Zag-chair is a chair designed by
Gerrit Rietveld
Gerrit Rietveld (24 June 1888 – 25 June 1964) was a Dutch furniture designer and architect.
Early life
Rietveld was born in Utrecht on 24 June 1888 as the son of a joiner. He left school at 11 to be apprenticed to his father and enrolled at n ...
sometime between 1932 and 1934.
It is a
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design without legs, made by four flat wooden slabs (originally in Elm, now in pine wood) that are merged in a Z-shape using
dovetailed and bolted or screwed joints. It was designed for Rietveld's
Rietveld Schröder House
The Rietveld Schröder House () (also known as the Schröder House) in Utrecht (Prins Hendriklaan 50) was built in 1924 by Dutch architect Gerrit Rietveld for Mrs. Truus Schröder-Schräder and her three children.
She commissioned the house to ...
in
Utrecht
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and is now produced under license In Cherry or Ash by the Italian manufacturer
Cassina S.p.A., and others as unlicensed knock-offs.
The Italian brand has tapped One Block Down for a new collaboration with a limited-edition run of 30 pieces seeing the wooden chair covered in metal.
See also
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Red and Blue Chair
References
Sources
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Chairs
Dutch design
Dutch inventions
Gerrit Rietveld furniture
Individual models of furniture
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