Description
Simple armchair, designed by Peter Behrens, 1902, in commission for the
Reif-Family in Nürnberg. Solid beechwood, upholstery renewed.
Executed by furniture manufactory L. J. Peter, Mannheim.
This armchair was on loan in the great Behrens Exhibition „Peter Behrens
und Nürnberg“, 1980.
h. 95 cm, b. 64 cm, d. 58 cm
Marks
Not marked
Provenance
Peter Behrens, Reif-Family, Nürnberg/Erlangen,
private collection, Germany (acquired directly from the Reif-Family)
Exhibited
„Peter Behrens und Nürnberg“, Germanisches Nationalmuseum
Nürnberg, 20. September - 9. November 1980
Public collections
Similar armchair in the collection of Museum
Künstlerkolonie Darmstadt
Literature
Exhibition catalogue „Peter Behrens und Nürnberg“,
Munich 1980, pag. 134