Folding chair for the Volkshaus, Probstzella – Alfred Arndt

Lot: 547

Alfred Arndt
Folding chair for the Volkshaus, Probstzella

Designed in 1927/28 for the Haus des Volkes (People's House) in Probstzella. Manufactured by the Itting metalworking shop, Probstzella, in 1927/28. Chrome-plated tubular steel, black-stained plywood. 93 x 41 x 51 cm.
This chair comes from the Haus des Volkes (People's House) in Probstzella. A sticker reading "Rat der Gemeinde / Probstzella" (Community Council / Probstzella) with an inventory number is affixed to the center of the backrest.

Alfred Arndt's folding chair is a further development of Marcel Breuer's model, which was sold under the type designation B8. According to the Arndt family, these chairs, which were installed in large numbers in the Haus des Volkes (People's House), were to be manufactured by the Bauhaus. However, the asking price was too high for the client, Franz Itting, so he had them manufactured in his own small metalworking shop.

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Reserve price: 4,400 €

Unsold lot

K-16B - Auction Part 2
15. November 2025 at 11:00 AM CET

Literature:

Exhibition Catalog, bauhaus-möbel, Eine Legende wird besichtigt, Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin 2003, pp. 245, 331.

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Alfred ArndtFolding chair for the Volkshaus, Probstzella

Alfred Arndt
Folding chair for the Volkshaus, Probstzella