Antiques Sofas

Classic Armchairs designed by Czechoslovakian design icons Karel Koelka and Antonín Kropáek, who won the silver medal at the 1944 renowned Milan Design show. Made in the halabala Factory in Brno, former Czechoslovakia. Width 26.0 inch Depth 30.7 inch Height 31.5 inch Seat Height 15.7 inch. Each chair has a weight of approximately 20 KG. Items takes 2-4 weeks to arrive to the uk. For other destinations ask. Information about Halabala from online sources. Czech industrial designer, writer, and educator Jindich Halabala was a significant proponent of modernist, industrially manufactured furniture in Czechoslovakia and had a tremendous influence on the interior design of many interwar and postwar Czech homes. Born in 1903 in Koryany, Halabala spent his formative years training as a cabinetmaker in his fathers joinery workshop before entering the state-owned woodworking school in Valaské Meziíí in 1920. He completed his practical studies with woodworking company Associated Arts & Crafts Enterprises, known as UP (Spojené Umleckoprmyslové Závody), in Brno. After graduating in 1926, Halabala worked briefly at the studio of Bohumil Hübschmann in Prague, until he was hired by UP. Halabala quickly became the firms development manager, responsible for product promotion and sales strategya position he maintained until 1946. Believing that furniture should be fully functional, modular, mobile, and widely affordable, Halabala advocated for a new mass-market approach to furnishing, ultimately pioneering industrial furniture manufacturing in Czechoslovakia. Halabalas designs include chairs, tables, sideboards, drawers, flower stands, couches, lamps, and more, with an aesthetic that drew from Czech Cubism, Art Déco, and classic European mid-century modernism. These cantilevered designs, which were produced in UP’s Hodonín branch, are highly sought-after today on the vintage market. Other Halabala designs include the H-269 Lounge Chair (early 1930s)arguably the most well-known Czech design, instantly recognizable for its exaggerated, curved armrests; the spider-like H-370 Coffee Table (1930s); and the adjustable H-70 Lounge Chair (1930s), to name a few. Between 1951 and 1954, Halabala was an external lecturer at the Faculty of Forestry & Timber Engineering at VSPD in Kosice, and in 1954, he was appointed professor at the University of Forestry & Wood in Zvolen. He was also a prolific writer, routinely publishing articles in journals as well as the general press. Notably, Halabala was the chairman of the Association of Furniture Manufacturers of Czechoslovakia. Halabala retired in 1970 and passed away in 1978 in Brno. His designs can be found in the collections of the Moravská Gallery in Brno and the Museum of Modern Art in Olomouc. The item “HF11 Bentwood Armchairs Halabala 1950′s K. Kozelka & A. Kropacek” is in sale since Sunday, September 9, 2018. This item is in the category “Antiques\Antique Furniture\Sofas/Chaises\20th Century”. The seller is “infous” and is located in Prague. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Style: Art Deco
• Material: Bent wood
• Original/Reproduction: Original