Products tagged with 50's

Designed for makers of simple furniture. One of the most famous plywood icons. Made of single sheets of birch plywood. Not a single screw or joint has been used! This piece is an official italian re-edition (only about 200 pieces produced) from 1998,...

GJ chair

This graceful molded plywood chair is one of the leading plywood chairs ever made. Due to technical constraints during the creation in 1963, only aprox. 300 pieces where made of which only a few still exist.

The re-release of this icon...

Original Zig-Zag Chairs in elm wood. The chairs are executed by Rietveld's cabinet-maker Gerard van de Groenekan in the 1960's. Originally designed in 1934. WonderWood acquired these chairs directly from the first owner with a written provenance including

The famous praying mantis lamp is a French design by Rispal from 1950. This lamp, also known as the 'mante religieuse' lamp, is inspired by the shapes of a praying mantis.

The stand is made of walnut and the lampshade is made of pleated rhodoid. Each p

Rare Dutch shelving unit that can be used freestanding as a roomdivider. An early design from 1953 by Wilhelm Lutjens for Den Boer in Gouda. This transparent design is made of solid birch poles and plywood birch shelvings. This shelving unit can be d...

Armchair by Norman Cherner, 1958. Originally introduced in 1958, the iconic molded plywood armchair by Norman Cherner is found in collections worldwide. Reissued in exacting detail from the original drawings and molds.

Red Blue chair executed in 1962. Executed by Gerard van de Groenekan who was Rietveld's cabinet-maker. This chair was acquired from first owner, an English London based architect. This unique rare collectors item comes with provenance certificate. A...

LAWO 1 chair, 1945/1946
Low-back version
78 x 76 x 66 cm


About 1350 pieces of this chair were made.
The chair consists of one piece of laminated wood.
On the side, two narrow strips come loose from the seat and back surface, they are bent into ar

Industrial designer Karel Links conceived his "easy to assemble" chair in 1968. Comprised of just 3 pieces of 10 mm birch plywood, it takes only 15 seconds to assemble this amazing, steady, reliable and beautiful chair. The award winning design rec...

Vintage Leather Elephant Ottoman. A very cool and rare circa 1960 leather elephant footstool. From the 1920ies until today, these handmade leather animals appeared in a variety of sizes and figures, such as pigs, rhino’s and elephants. This beautiful...

Simplex puzzle

This puzzle was made by Simplex in the Netherlands in the 1950s/60s. To make these puzzles, plywood was used that was left over from the manufacture of Philips radio cabinets. The puzzles were part of a collection of toys and learning ma

Han Pieck, Dutch design, vintage plywood chair. LAWO1 1946. This piece is sold.

Currently we offer another vintage Pieck LAWO1. The piece we offer now is signed by the designer in 2006, during his visit to WonderWood and numbered as Nr.127.

Grete Jalk, BOW chair from 1963 in oak.
Very rare chair.
Production of only +/- 150 pieces.
The Jeppesen factory burned down shortly after production started, including the molds of this chair, which is why only a few pieces were produced.
The conditi

Multipurpose Chair by Egon Eiermann
The classic beauty

The classic multipurpose chair. Until today Eiermann’s SE 68 is unique in its minimalist design and its seating comfort.

SE 68
Designer: Egon Eiermann | 1951

A tubular steel frame in c...

Hans Brattrud (born 1933), the Scandia stackable chair designed in 1957 as a student project at the National College of Art & Design in Oslo. The chair was revolutionary.

LAWO 1 chair, 1945/1946
High-back version
88 x 76 x 66 cm


About 1350 pieces of this chair were made.
The chair consists of one piece of laminated wood.
On the side, two narrow strips come loose from the seat and back surface, they are bent into a