#145

Jindřich Halabala
(1903 – 1978)

DVĚ ŽIDLE H-79

TWO CHAIRS H-79
#145

Jindřich Halabala
(1903 – 1978)

DVĚ ŽIDLE H-79

Rozměr
88 x 52 x 65 cm
Materiál
trubková ohýbaná chromovaná ocel, látka
Sold for
50 000 Kč
ARTHOUSE HEJTMÁNEK
ARTHOUSE HEJTMÁNEK
Starting price: 30 000 Kč
5. 6. 2025 16:00

Basic info

rozměr
88 x 52 x 65 cm
materiál
trubková ohýbaná chromovaná ocel, látka
datace
1930-1931

About

The two double suspension chairs with the model number H-79 are the work of the prominent designer and architect Jindřich Halabala, who started working for UP in 1928 and became its company architect in 1930. It was also at this time that tubular furniture began to enjoy the interest of a wider range of customers and became fashionable. Nevertheless, it was not a mass production and a limited number of models were made. The H-79 model is Halabal's own interpretation of the classic two-legged chair designed in one tubular line and covered with iron yarn. The chair impresses with its avant-garde formal austerity. The elasticity here lies in the combination of both suspension principles at the same time, with the steel tubes running diagonally forward from the sled on the floor and then returning to the backrest. This creates a double suspension. Especially in the 1930s, UP factories fundamentally influenced and co-created the interior design of public and private buildings. Geometric austerity and material functionality - exhibiting hygiene and easy maintainability in furniture - is balanced by the aesthetic component of form with its relationship to material and colour. From the mid-1930s onwards, a new aesthetic concept began to take hold, manifested in roundness in overall outline and detail. Completely restored, new fabric. Reproduced: CHATRNÝ, Jindřich, KOUDELKOVÁ, Dagmar and ŠIMKOVÁ, Anežka. Jindřich Halabala and the United Arts and Crafts Works in Brno. 2003, p. 105.

Author

Jindřich Halabala se narodil 24. května 1903 v Koryčanech. Studoval na Státní československé odborné škole pro zpracování dřeva ve Valašském Meziříčí, kde se vyučil stolařem. Poté pokračoval ve studiu na Uměleckoprůmyslové škole v Praze, kde se specializoval na nábytek a interiér u profesora Pavla Janáka. Studium dokončil v roce 1926.

Jindřich Halabala se proslavil především jako nábytkový designér a teoretik. Pracoval jako hlavní designér v brněnských UP závodech v letech 1925 až 1955, kde zásadně ovlivnil vzhled meziválečných a poválečných českých domácností. Jeho návrhy nábytku, vitráží, keramických mozaik a nástěnných dekorativních kompozic získaly uznání a byly hojně využívány.

Jindřich Halabala zemřel 18. listopadu 1978 v Brně.

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