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QUITTNER Joseph & Leopold (attributed to) & PEL, PRACTICAL E…
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104
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QUITTNER Joseph & Leopold (attributed to) & PEL, PRACTICAL E…
See original version (French)
Estimate €200 - €400
Voluntary lot
Description
QUITTNER Joseph & Leopold (attributed to) & PEL, PRACTICAL EQUIPMENT LTD (Manufactured by)
‘RP7’ model stackable armchair, known as the ‘Nesting armchair’, with a bent chrome-plated steel tube frame, an inverted ‘U’-shaped backrest, and armrests forming a single piece with the glide-base legs. Backrest and seat upholstered in blue canvas.
Bears the manufacturer’s mark ‘PEL – Pat. No 344159’.
Circa 1932
Height 83.5 cm – Width 60 cm – Depth 62.5 cm
- History: Attribution to Joseph and Leopold Quittner is given in *Architectural Review*, July 1932, p. 65. The model is covered by patent no. 344159 filed by Bruno Pollak.
- Bibliography: Dennis Sharp, Tim Benton and Barbie Campbell Cole, *Pel and Tubular Steel Furniture of the Thirties*, London, The Architectural Association, 1977; the model is reproduced on pp. 31 and 34.
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About the sale
TAKE A SEAT! A selection from the Werner Löffler collection
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Auction time
10/27/2026 at 1:30 PM
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