Herbert von Thaden

Alexander von Vegesack, Peter Dunas, and Mathias Schwartz-Clauss, eds. 100 Masterpieces from the Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 1996, p. 117
Alastair Duncan, Modernism : Modernist Design 1880-1940; The Norwest Collection, Norwest Corporation, Minneapolis, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1998, p. 215
Charlotte and Peter Fiell, eds., 1000 Chairs, Cologne, 2000, p. 278
Doug Ngo and Eric Pfeiffer, Bent Ply:  The Art of Plywood Furniture, New York, 2003, p. 153

Overall excellent condition. With minor surface scratches and nicks to edges, most concentrated to the lower foot portion and to the interior of the underside. Some minor losses to finish to the lower portion of the chair which show slightly greyer in color (concentrated to the foot and underside, and therefore not visible when the chair is righted. A very minute separation to the central seam of the seat back, as seen in the catalogue illustration, but does not detract from the design of the chair. It is rare for this fragile design not to be warped, and thus this is an exceptional example.
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