4 bistro chairs Baumann 1937-1939 ca

Set of 4 bistro chairs baumann no.108 1937-1939 ca. Model no. 108 was one of the "cossue" chairs known as "half-chairs." between 1934 and 1937, he went from 3 to 4 bars in the folder with a wider headband; its last edition with "cylindrical" sections (feet, bows) dates from 1939 (at the first post-war catalogue in 1948 the sections have become "square" on all models). For the record, baumann, which supplied, among other things, the naafi (british institute of the navy, army and british air force) delivered 11, 300 no. 108 chairs to military bases between november and june 1940. -- good state of life of the lot with some small usual repairs on some internal seating edges; wooden backgrounds with a "cannage" pattern in relief; very robust structure, stable footings. Height 79 cm - seated l. 37 cm X p. 39 cm /h. 47 cm. ("baumann, one hundred years of seats", f. Messagier, ed. Neo, 2012).