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Details
- Dimensions
- 36ʺW × 33ʺD × 33ʺH
- Styles
- Mid-Century Modern
- Number of Seats
- 2
- Seat Height
- 18.0 in
- Period
- 1950s
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Bouclé
- Wood
- Condition
- Good Condition, Restored, Some Imperfections
- Color
- White
- Condition Notes
- Very fine. New fabric, welts and foam. Very fine. New fabric, welts and foam. less
- Description
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Pair Stendig Arm Chairs, Switzerland, New Sheepskin Boucle, Mid Century Modern
A rare pair of Stendig made in Switzerland arm … more Pair Stendig Arm Chairs, Switzerland, New Sheepskin Boucle, Mid Century Modern
A rare pair of Stendig made in Switzerland arm chairs in a new sheepskin style boucle, thick and rich with fully redone cushions. The box form mid century modern design is supported by a group of heavy chrome circular disk like feet. This rare pair has a matching sofa, fully redone to match, sold separately. Seat height 18 inches.
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Stendig Co. played a pivotal role in introducing modern European furniture to the American market, thanks to the business acumen of founder Charles Stendig.
Around 1950, the Brooklyn, New York–born Stendig (b. 1924) worked for Raymor, a purveyor of modern china and accessories that is best known for distributing designer Russel Wright’s American Modern line of ceramics. While at Raymor, Stendig focused on the company’s less popular pieces that were made in Italy and Scandinavia, recognizing their potential for the American market. In 1955, he left the company and decided to establish Stendig Co.
In 1956, the first Stendig Co. showroom opened in Manhattan. A year later, during a trip to Zurich, Stendig came across a Bauhaus–inspired furniture store featuring pieces by Swiss designers Kurt Thut, Hans Eichenberger and Robert Haussmann, the store’s co-owner. Following a meeting with Haussmann, Stendig became the retailer’s exclusive U.S. distributor.
Throughout the late 1950s and early 1960s, Stendig Co. imported and sold furniture from influential European designers, including Swiss designer Bruno Rey, Italian architect and industrial designer Vico Magistretti and Hungarian-American architect and designer Marcel Breuer, creator of the Wassily lounge chair.
By the late 1960s, Stendig Co. moved its headquarters to an expansive space on Manhattan’s East Side and opened showrooms in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago, each home to the company’s striking collection of mid-century European armchairs, sofas, dining room chairs, coffee tables and other furnishings. Stendig’s founder was by then representing Italian manufacturers Poltronova and Gufram and bringing revolutionary works of Italian Radical design to American shores.
In 1971, Charles Stendig sold the company to Burlington Industries. He retired in 1976. Today Stendig’s European imports are coveted by interior designers and vintage furniture collectors, and he will be forever known as the man who introduced modern European design to the United States. less
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