Lot 95

AN ARMCHAIR FOR HAUS REINBACH

This armchair, in the anthroposophical style of Rudolf Steiner, was designed in 1928 by Camillo Cerri for the interior of Otto Moser’s Haus Reinbach in Stuttgart. Its rustic geometric style makes reference to the three-dimensional Cubism in architecture from the prewar period (Janák, Hofman, Gočár, Chochol).

“In terms of ideas and form it is connected to the Rudolf Steiner’s Armlehnstuhl design – a bizarre, robust armchair with Cubist lines and no upholstery. The expression of furniture formed in this manner was supposed to correspond to the esoteric, occult atmosphere of the environment for which it was designed. This armchair designed by philosopher Steiner was undoubtedly the model for various upholstered models, proposed by Camillo Cerri for Haus Reinbach in Stuttgart.” Expert assessment by PhDr. Jiří Fronek, Ph.D.