Products tagged with 50's

GJ chair

This graceful molded plywood chair is one of the leading plywood chairs ever made. Due to technical constraints during the creation in 1963, only aprox. 300 pieces where made of which only a few still exist.

The re-release of this icon...

Original Zig-Zag Chairs in elm wood. The chairs are executed by Rietveld's cabinet-maker Gerard van de Groenekan in the 1960's. Originally designed in 1934. WonderWood acquired these chairs directly from the first owner with a written provenance including

ISOKON PENGUIN DONKEY, Designer: Egon Riss

Armchair by Norman Cherner, 1958. Originally introduced in 1958, the iconic molded plywood armchair by Norman Cherner is found in collections worldwide. Reissued in exacting detail from the original drawings and molds.

Vintage Leather Elephant Ottoman. A very cool and rare circa 1960 leather elephant footstool. From the 1920ies until today, these handmade leather animals appeared in a variety of sizes and figures, such as pigs, rhino’s and elephants. This beautiful...

Grete Jalk, BOW chair from 1963 in oak.
Very rare chair.
Production of only +/- 150 pieces.
The Jeppesen factory burned down shortly after production started, including the molds of this chair, which is why only a few pieces were produced.
The conditi

Rare Dutch shelving unit that can be used freestanding as a roomdivider. An early design from 1953 by Wilhelm Lutjens for Den Boer in Gouda. This transparent design is made of solid birch poles and plywood birch shelvings. This shelving unit can be d...

The famous praying mantis lamp is a French design by Rispal from 1950. This lamp, also known as the 'mante religieuse' lamp, is inspired by the shapes of a praying mantis.

The stand is made of walnut and the lampshade is made of pleated rhodoid. Each p

LAWO 1 chair, 1945/1946
Low-back version
78 x 76 x 66 cm


About 1350 pieces of this chair were made.
The chair consists of one piece of laminated wood.
On the side, two narrow strips come loose from the seat and back surface, they are bent into ar

The famous praying mantis lamp is a French design by Rispal from 1950. This lamp, also known as the 'mante religieuse' lamp, is inspired by the shapes of a praying mantis.

The stand is made of walnut and the lampshade is made of pleated rhodoid. Each p

Red Blue chair executed in 1962. Executed by Gerard van de Groenekan who was Rietveld's cabinet-maker. This chair was acquired from first owner, an English London based architect. This unique rare collectors item comes with provenance certificate. A...

LAWO 1 chair, 1945/1946
High-back version
88 x 76 x 66 cm


About 1350 pieces of this chair were made.
The chair consists of one piece of laminated wood.
On the side, two narrow strips come loose from the seat and back surface, they are bent into a

Simplex puzzle

This puzzle was made by Simplex in the Netherlands in the 1950s/60s. To make these puzzles, plywood was used that was left over from the manufacture of Philips radio cabinets. The puzzles were part of a collection of toys and learning ma

Multipurpose Chair by Egon Eiermann
The classic beauty

The classic multipurpose chair. Until today Eiermann’s SE 68 is unique in its minimalist design and its seating comfort.

SE 68
Designer: Egon Eiermann | 1951

A tubular steel frame in c...

Chairs take the most stress on their back legs, where they bear the weight of the user's upper body. The engineer, architect and designer Jean Prouvé incorporated this simple insight in his design for the Standard Chair: while steel tubing suffices ...

Hans Brattrud (born 1933) designed the Scandia stackable chair in 1957 as a student project at the National College of Art & Design in Oslo. The chair was revolutionary both in shape and expression. By using horizontal ribs, a twodimensional laminate...