Dutch, 1888−1964
Zig-Zag chair
Manufactured by Cassina S.p.A., Milan
Elm, glued and bolted, 1978
74 x 37 x 43 cm
Gift of the manufacturer
Accession number:
B78.0967
Arts/Design and Architecture
When Rietveld designed the Zig-Zag chair, he broke with conventional chair typologies. The Zig-Zag chair is made of four planes of elm wood, which are intricately dovetailed, then glued and bolted together. With its horizontal seat supported on a diagonal rather than vertical plane, the chair expresses the cantilever principle in a most direct and articulate way.
Exhibitions:
The Design and Architecture Collection, Selected Works, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 25/07/2010 - 31/12/2010
