1658762542000 1658147260000 Standard Record object-311371 1747246458474 1732286518000 1747245848947 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-311371 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/311371 1e458e0e-cb29-334a-ae23-9b0adf6427c6 5 reference term-67107 adlib-term-67107 a60d0be2-2105-3b16-a693-a7206db57074 furniture reference term-140731 adlib-term-140731 0a2b7dec-accb-34d7-9a0d-a950ebe50324 David Scrase Collection reference term-32277 adlib-term-32277 67fa6d74-c463-3164-b98a-fcafef6cb42e plywood Panels reference term-38053 adlib-term-38053 45c839ed-990f-33a9-b420-bb439720a3c4 beech Frame Applied Arts Armchair, beech frame with plywood panels, comprising a red-painted back and a blue-painted seat, set at angles to the frame and overlapping. The frame of straight stanchions and rails (13 in total) set at right angles, square in cross section, apart from the arms which are rectangular in cross section, all painted black, the ends painted in yellow. M.1-2022 1 accession number M.1-2022 311371 priref 311371 The Fitzwilliam Museum Object entry form 1490 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/311371 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/311371 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by the Executors of the Estate of David Scrase, 2021, in memory of Rick Mather reference agent-206616 adlib-agent-206616 f1996f20-b0ea-369b-a986-e6cb6f30e026 Executors of the Estate of David Scrase 2022 2022 2022 given designer reference agent-115139 adlib-agent-115139 c5ff6574-3d5d-381c-84b7-a23dfa9de655 Rietveld, Gerrit Thomas maker reference agent-206731 adlib-agent-206731 b85e1709-dd00-38e2-ab2c-c103f5e5652e Groenekan, Gerard A. van der Form designed by Rietveld in 1918, colour scheme designed in 1923. This later edition (date of production TBC) was made by Gerard A. Van Der Groenekan (1904–94), Utrecht, Rietveld’s original studio assistant and furniture fabricator, responsible for much of Rietveld’s furniture output from the 1920s onwards, continuing to produce limited examples of Rietveld’s furniture until the 1980s and 1990s. This chair is the most iconic piece of furniture associated with the Dutch De Stijl movement and reflects the intersection of horizontal and vertical planes seen in Rietveld’s architectural designs. Constructing a chair from its most basic components, the form was originally designed in 1918 with a plain, stained finish (see the example in V&A, accession number W.9-1989). This primary colour scheme was added in 1923, a scheme closely associated with the De Stijl movement and the work of Piet Mondrian. Rietveld originally trained as a carpenter and intended for his furniture to be mass-produced, as part of what he hoped would be a harmonious rebuilding of physical and social society after World War I. With this in mind, the pieces of wood that compose the Red Blue Chair were those of the standard lumber sizes readily available at the time. reference term-106627 adlib-term-106627 d749a437-8b0b-3e80-9db8-7c4f9c19df91 literal Netherlands Netherlands country Utrecht reference term-68511 adlib-term-68511 baabefa7-4a52-3313-8355-36b2162d52a4 chair reference term-71409 adlib-term-71409 f0091670-8068-3254-a8e1-028ef3b403bf armchair reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum

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