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Klaus Grabe chaise longue, USA

Creator: Klaus Grabe
Offered by: Bloomberry

Description
A Klaus Grabe chaise longue, made of plywood with a light green canvas webbed upholstery.

Bauhaus trained Klaus Grabe left Germany in the 1930s for Mexico. Here Grabe worked together with fellow Bauhaus student Michael van Beuren and Morley Webb. This team was part of the MoMA Organic Design in Home Furnishings Competition and exhibition in 1941, their winning entry was a similar chaise with leather webbing. Later in the 1940s, Grabe moved to New York where he started his own company. His designs in the 1950s were based on the new material plywood and were marketed as 'prefab kits' to be assembled by the owners to keep the purchase price down.

More Information

Documentation:	Documented elsewhere (similar item)
Origin:	United States
Period:	1920-1949
Materials:	plywood, canvas
Condition:	Good. Good vintage condition
Creation Date:	1940s
Styles / Movements:	Modern, Mid Century
Dealer Reference #:	Cl.bb.GrabeChaise.v.1801a
Incollect Reference #:	621765

Dimensions

W.	30.31 in;	H.	26.77 in;	D.	57.09 in;
W.	77 cm;	H.	68 cm;	D.	145 cm;

Seat H.	8.27 in;
Seat H.	21 cm;

Shipping Information:

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Message from Seller:

For nearly two decades, the collection of Bloomberry has been driven by the cultural reference between architecture, art and design. Bloomberry is housed in a former textile factory and is located near Maastricht, in the south of The Netherlands. Within an hour of Antwerp and Cologne. Within two hours from Amsterdam and four hours from Paris.