GERRIT RIETVELD

TEA TROLLEY CA 1945

MEASUREMENTS: L 82 X H 63 X W 48 CM ( approximately )

PRICE: SOLD

Gerrit Rietveld wooden tea trolley, post war design.
Real curiosity: this genuin tea trolley designed by furniture designer and architect Gerrit Rietveld (1888-1964) in circa 1945. Rarely being offered, because of the limited edition it was made in at the time, and due to it’s vulnerability. This item is a typical product of the postwar Dutch furniture; it is almost entirely made of wood, as it was prohibited in the Netherlands to make furniture of metal parts during the first years after World War II.
An identical trolley – but painted off white – forms a part of the collection of the Centraal Museum Utrecht (CMU inv.nr. 27089). The youngest daughter of Gerrit Rietveld stated that her father designed the trolley in 1945 for a private customer in The Hague. Provenance: an important private collection. Condition: original, exept for 3 small nails which have been recently replaced.
Materials: beechwood, pinewood, multiplex
Gerrit Rietveld wooden tea trolley, post war design.

Gerrit Rietveld wooden tea trolley, post war design.

Gerrit Rietveld wooden tea trolley, post war design.

Gerrit Rietveld wooden tea trolley, post war design.

Gerrit Rietveld wooden tea trolley, post war design.

Gerrit Rietveld wooden tea trolley, post war design.