HOPMI chari, frame of six bent tubular steel...

HOPMI chari, frame of six bent tubular steel elements, fixed with a torpedo-nut, seat and backrest made of plywood, design Gerrit Rietveld 1932, executed by Victor Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Rotterdam / the Netherlands 2013, limited edition 18/150

Execution
Produced by Victor Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Rotterdam / the Netherlands

Signature
Label: Gerrit Thomas Rietveld HOPMI stoel, Nr. 018/150 (2013), see photo's

Literature
Shown in: The furniture Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam: page 305, pic.472

Notes
Only two copies of the "Rietveld HOPMI chair" were made in 1932. The chair was rediscovered in 2008, when the heirs of professor Lanjouw from Utrecht gave their chair on loan to the Central Museum in Utrecht.

The torpedo nut was a patent of the Dutch Patent Metal Industry (HOPMI) in Utrecht.

Height
87 cm. / 34.3 inch

Width
46,5 cm. / 18.3 inch

Depth
46,5 cm. / 18.3 inch

Year of design
1932

Year of execution
2013