Modernist Tubular Armchairs from Artifort, 1930s

A pair of rare Dutch modernist /functionalist chairs manufactured in the highest quality materials: silver-plated frames, horsehair upholstered seats and with turned hardwood handgrips. The chairs are from the provincial government building in Maastricht designed in the 1930s by the then ‘rijksbouwmeester’ (chief government architect) Gustav Cornelis Bremer. They were produced by the Maastricht company Artifort as a one-off commission exclusively for the members of the provincial council. Good original condition. One chair has a small discreet repair to the back as shown.