1930, W.H. Gispen for Gispen, Unique Chair, Museum Piece Made on Request

Description

Unique barber chair or optician chair. Beautiful design of elegant chrome base with wooden seats, headrest with leather upholstery and adjustable features. The chair has a ‘hollowed seat’ and beautifully curved bakelite armrests. The headrest can be rotated and fixed and adjusted in height (#4 and #5), so the position can be matched according needs. The position of the backrest can also be adjusted in height/angle. The wooden seat has some damage and is missing one original screw. Some scratches, also on the right armrest and spots on the leather headrest. The height mentioned in dimensions is when the chair is in comfortable position with medium height headrest (95 cm)

Weight 14,5 kg

The max height in upright position and headrest in max height is 110 cm (the height of the backrest is 90 cm) and angle in 90′ The max depth of the chair when the backrest is max down is 115 cm The width of the total chair is 56 cm and of the seat only 47.5 cm

• CREATOR
  Willem H. Gispen (Designer),Gispen Culemborg (Manufacturer)
• OF THE PERIOD
  Industrial
• PLACE OF ORIGIN
  Netherlands

• DATE OF MANUFACTURE
  circa 1930
• PERIOD
  1930-1939
• MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES
  Metal,Chrome,Bakelite,Plywood

• CONDITION
  Good

  See Condition Descriptions
• WEAR
  Wear consistent with age and use.
• DIMENSIONS
  H 37.41 in. x W 22.05 in. x D 31.5 in.H 95 cm x W 56 cm x D 80 cm

• SEAT HEIGHT
  16.54 in. (42 cm)