produced by Cassina, Meda, Italy
oak
29¹⁄₈ x 14¹⁄₂ x 16 in. (74 x 36.8 x 40.7 cm) (each)
each with producer's label made in Italy for ai Atelier International Limited 139 east 57th street new york, n.y. 10022 and inscribed Cassina "Zig Zag" Rietveld, and respectively numbered 437 and 438

D. Baroni, The Furniture of Gerrit Thomas Rietveld, New York, 1978, pp. 136-137

This model can be found in the permanent collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (inv. no. 2007.11) and the Museum of Modern Art, New York (inv. no. 349.1966).

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The 'Zig Zag' chair was designed by Rietveld in 1934 and the first prototype was manufactured by Gerard A. van de Groenekan in the Netherlands. In the following years, the design was put into production by Metz & Co., a historic department store in Amsterdam retailing glass and porcelain ware, some of which were manufactured abroad, and produced and sold handcrafted furniture. A celebrated design, the 'Zig Zag' chair has been reedited by iconic Italian firm Cassina since 1971 and is still in production today, our examples being early 1970s examples.