Erich Mendelsohn, 'Haus Leist' armchair, c. 1932
Erich Mendelsohn, 'Haus Leist' armchair, c. 1932, H. 86.5 x 69.5 x 84 cm. Made in Berlin. Oakwood with dark varnish, grey-blue textile fabric., 100 houses for 100 architects, p. 267.
Condition Report: One of only two armchairs for the Leist mansion in Berlin, 1934. The other one can be seen at Museum fuer Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg. The chair, or a very similar chair, figures in the study of Mendelsohn's own house at Am Rupenhorn 6 in Berlin. Cf. Lit. Provenance: had been in the consignor's family since the 1930s. Copy of confirmation can be shown, thereafter private collection Berlin.
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Erich Mendelsohn, 'Haus Leist' armchair, c. 1932, H. 86.5 x 69.5 x 84 cm. Made in Berlin. Oakwood with dark varnish, grey-blue textile fabric., 100 houses for 100 architects, p. 267.
Condition Report: One of only two armchairs for the Leist mansion in Berlin, 1934. The other one can be seen at Museum fuer Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg. The chair, or a very similar chair, figures in the study of Mendelsohn's own house at Am Rupenhorn 6 in Berlin. Cf. Lit. Provenance: had been in the consignor's family since the 1930s. Copy of confirmation can be shown, thereafter private collection Berlin.
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