Erich Dieckmann

Chair and Ottoman

A very rare ottoman, branded "Galenka"  designed in beechwood for Galenka Tyskland, Weimarer Republik, (today Germany) in 1933.

Dieckmann was one of the most important furniture designers at the Bauhaus, developing type ranges for seat and experimental furniture.

Like Marcel Breuer, Erich Dieckmann experimented with steel tubing but is primarily known for his standardized wooden furniture.

Dieckmann’s designs for seat furniture are stringently geometric, with frames based on right angles and constructed of almost pieces of wood that were either almost square in cross-section or flat; another feature typical of Dieckmann’s work is linking armrests and chair legs in a runner construction.
By using quality hardwoods such as beech, cherry, oak, and ash as well as cane matting, Dieckmann loosened up the stringent geometry of his designs; on the other hand, however, standardization and normed proportions were to keep the prices of these mass-produced pieces of furniture as low as possible for a growing working class. Today these pieces are rare, collectable and became museum pieces for it historical value.

Set in very good original condition, no extra screws had been added to maintain the stability.

Provenance from a private collector, Germany.

H: 79cm x D: 70cm x W: 59cm

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