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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

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...

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...

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...

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

Original wall-clock, with orange stained veneer by the American famous designer George Nelson. His designs are world-wide famous.

Han Pieck, LAWO 1, 1946
Dutch design icon, vintage plywood chair.

The LAWO 1 is made of curved plywood. What is special about this chair is that it is made from one plate.

Artek Alvar Aalto set - High Back Chair 66

Designed by Alvar Aalto in the early fourties. The high-back dining chair has a bold shape and is made of birch plywood. The high back seat is also made of plywood, but with less layers of veneer. The Cha...

eames molded plywood lounge chair lcw

Design Charles & Ray Eames, 1946, Molded plywood, wood legs, Made by Herman Miller.
Designers Charles and Ray Eames established their long and legendary relationship with Herman Miller in 1946 with the boldly...

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

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.

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 ...

KAY BOJESEN

MONKEY, LARGE

TEAK AND LIMBA, 46 CM

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

A gift for a very special occasion. Kay Bojesen's Monkey was born in 1951. This version is a large personality measuring 46 cm in height. Like its younger brother, this ...

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.

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,...

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...