Erich Dieckmann Light-Type Club Chair in Open Form (circa 1926/1927)

Date:

Circa 1926/1927

Dimensions:

H x W x D – 72 cm x 62,5 cm x 81 cm

Designer:

Erich Dieckmann (1896-1944)

Manufacturer:

Bauhochschule Weimar, Germany

Material & Technique:

Construction wood beech/alder or solid beech/pine, frame stained oak or bog oak, transparent lacquered, partly with edge band, seat and backrest laced spring, frame made of tow and horsehair, original textile. With the brand stamp of the State Bauhochschule Weimar and the brand stamp "ED" by Erich Dieckmann.

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The lightweight armchair by Erich Dieckmann is a classic of design from the Bauhochschule Weimar. A Bauhaus graduate, Dieckmann was responsible for the designs and production of typical furniture based on geometric forms as the head of the carpentry workshop. The armchair offered here, with loose seat cushions upholstered in original fabric, was certainly made for a special client, as the frame is crafted from particularly valuable and rare bog oak. This is further confirmed by the two rare brand stamps on the underside of the seat frame.

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Erich Dieckmann Light-Type Club Chair in Open Form (circa 1926/1927)

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Bauhaus / 1920s-1930s: The design of the Bauhaus era shaped modernism in the 20th century. The artists trained at and influenced by the Bauhaus created a completely new formal language in architecture and design based on the principle of reduced objectivity. Function was the decisive factor in furniture design. According to the guiding principle "form follows function", the utility and purpose of the furniture was placed in the foreground and combined with industrial manufacturing processes. This resulted above all in famous designs for tubular steel furniture, for example by Marcel Breuer, Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier. The tubular steel chair without back legs - also known as the cantilever chair - is exemplary of the creative impact of the Bauhaus in the field of furniture design. It created a new type of chair that became a modern design classic.

Erich Dieckmann Light-Type Club Chair in Open Form (circa 1926/1927)

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