Scissor chair FB18 – Jan van Grunsven – Pastoe
€875,00
Item number 7059
This ‘scissor chair’, model FB18, was designed in 1955 by architect Jan van Grunsven and is part of the Combex series. The chair was produced by UMS/Pastoe in Utrecht and is made of laminated plywood layers. In the 1950s and 1960s, Van Grunsven worked at the architectural firm of Gerrit Rietveld.
Although the chair was originally called FB18, it became known as the ‘Scissor chair’ because of the distinctive shape of the frame.
This chair has recently been reupholstered in yellow, the same color used in a Pastoe advertising campaign from the 1950s (see photo from the catalog).
Dimensions
48 x 65 x 71 cm (lxwxh)
Seat height: 38 cm
Period 1957
Designer Jan van Grunsven
Manufacturer Pastoe, Netherlands
Material
Laminated plywood layers
Condition Good condition; newly reupholstered, black wood has been professionally repainted.