Peter Behrens Armchair (1910s)

Date:

1910s

Dimensions:

H x W x D – 79,5 cm x 82 cm x 71 cm

Designer:

Peter Behrens (1868-1940)

Manufacturer:

Cabinetmaker Keller & Reiner, Berlin, Germany

Material & Technique:

Solid mahogany, dark stained and varnished, seat and backrest laced spring, frame made of tow and horsehair, with down cushion applied, silk patterned with silver thread (protected against corrosion) (reconstruction based on original findings).

Restoration Methods:

Reconstruction of the upholstering and fabric

Delivery:

Free

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This exceptional armchair is an impressive testament to the comprehensive design work of Peter Behrens. Its forms echo a furniture design that Behrens created around 1910 for the representative rooms of Keller & Reiner in Berlin. With its exquisite silk upholstery—most likely also designed by Behrens— woven with silver threads, the armchair is a magnificent, fully conceived object of early German Art Deco.

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Art Déco: The Art Déco style followed on from Art Nouveau and developed significantly between the two world wars - a key moment and at the same time the eponym was the "Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes" in Paris in 1925, which made Paris the starting point of the style movement. Art Deco established a new decorative and elegant style that was characterized by strongly geometric forms, an expressive choice of colours and materials and extravagance. Decorative objects and interiors were often characterized by a symmetrical, two-dimensional and organic motif concept. In Europe and the USA, independent aesthetic versions of the style emerged, such as the luxurious French Art Deco or Streamline Modernism in the USA. However, the Amsterdam School was also heavily influenced by Art Deco style elements.

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