Gerrit Th. Rietveld (1888-1964)
‘Marjan Schröder Zigzag Chair’, 1934-1935
Solid deal planks, joint together with six dovetail joints, wooden wedges, iron screws, and brass bolts and nuts.
Dimensions: 37 x 43,5 x74 cm./ 14,6 x 17,1 x 29,1 Inch.
Executed by: Gerard van de Groenekan under Rietveld’s control, Utrecht, The Netherlands, ca. 1940s
Like some prewar examples, this chair has a beautiful patina with remnants of kaolin (pipe clay), a finish Rietveld noted in some of his drawings.
Marjan Schröder
This is one of two identical Zigzag chairs from the home of Marjan Schröder, daughter of Truus Schröder, the owner and inhabitant of the famous Rietveld-Schröder house. From the late 1940s, Marjan lived together with her sister Han and Han’s partner, Cora Henriques de Castro, in a house on ‘De Oude Waal’ in Amsterdam.
Centraal Museum Utrecht
According to Cora’s niece, Milka Henriques de Castro, who frequently visited her aunt as a child, the interior of the house was partly designed and furnished by Rietveld. As a token of their friendship, Marjan gave Milka two Zigzag chairs, which she had known since childhood and which originated from this house. Milka sold one of the chairs to the Centraal Museum in Utrecht, The Netherlands; the other one is the chair on offer here.
Report
A report is available, drawn up by, Rietveld specialized restorer, Jurjen Creman on behalf of the Centraal Museum Utrecht, on the two Zigzag chairs by Marjan Schröder/Milka Henriques de Castro.
Provenance:
Marjan Schröder (1913-1990), Amsterdam ca 1940s-1989/90; Milka Henriques de Castro, The Netherlands ca. 1989/90-2025.
Literature:
Marijke Küper, Ida van Zijl, Gerrit Th. Rietveld, The Complete Works, Centraal Museum Utrecht 1992, p. 145-147, cat.no. 189.;
Luca Dosi Delphini, The Furniture Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, NAi publishers Rotterdam and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam 2004, p.309-313
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