Products tagged with jaren 50

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

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...

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...

This wonderful chair is no longer in production. A high quality reproduction was originally designed for the Cité Universitaire at Antony, near Paris, in the 50s. The design has a wonderfully dynamic shape, made from a single curved plywood wooden bl...

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

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

A wonderful shaped vintage plywood fifties side table. Possible to be a Dutch vintage design. We love the different plywood shaped shelevs of this unique sidetable. Designer unknown.

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

Chairs take the most stress on their back legs, where they bear the weight of the user's upper body. The engineer, architect and designer Jean Prouvé incorporated this simple insight in his design for the Standard Chair: while steel tubing suffices ...

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

Autographed vintage chair by Samuel Chan. This is a prototype and designed in 1985. This chair is signed by the designer, Samuel Chan.

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

The iconic Butterfly Stool, designed in 1954 by the Japanese designer Sori Yanagi, is a classic piece of furniture that uniquely combines Eastern forms with the plywood moulding technique developed by Charles and Ray Eames.

The gently curving silhouett

KAY BOJESEN MONKEY, MINI

TEAK AND LIMBA, 10 CM

Kay Bojesen’s family is growing, and the familiar Monkey, first produced in 1951, now also comes in a tiny 10-cm version. The Monkey is manufactured from plantation teak and limba wood. Despite its size

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...