Hans Könecke Acrylic Lounge Chair D45 for Tecta

Hans Könecke was a German architect and designer and the founder of the renowned furniture manufacturer Tecta. After designing furniture for DK Muebles in his studio in Caracas, Venezuela, in the 1950s, he returned to Germany and founded the company Tecta in 1956 in Lauenförde, Lower Saxony. In the 1960s and 1970s, he shaped the brand with a variety of his own contemporary furniture designs. Among his most important designs is the seating furniture series D45-D49 from the 1950s, which Könecke designed while still in Caracas. The office chair D45 is still produced by Tecta today. Only a few pieces of the offered swivel chair D45 were produced, making it correspondingly rare. The design impresses with its unique construction made of acrylic glass. The buttoned, voluminous upholstery in blue fabric creates an interesting contrast to the transparent acrylic. The shell shows some scratches but is otherwise in good condition.