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This chair (Militaire stoel in Dutch) is a part of the serie designed for the interior of the Catholic Military Academie in Utrecht. Unlike previous experimental furniture designs (such as the Red/Blue chair), the contact called less for a programmatic statement on chairs and more for stability, lightness and lowest possible production cost.
In 1923 Rietveld received a commission from P. van der Pluym, the owner of the shop named Wessels, to make chairs for the Catholic Military old-age Home in Utrecht. The stretchers and legs of this chair are joined by notches which were further strengthened by large bolts and nuts. The short back support is fastened to the tapered rear legs of the chair with the same bolts.
The design for the Catholic Military Academy underscores the open construction, which had become Rietveldīs trademark following furniture.
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