Kurt Thut
Six chairs with extending table, model no 042 and 041, executed by Thut Möbel AG, Möriken, Schweiz
Designed 1955
Chairs with seat and swinging backrest in cane, solid wood frame in mahogany. Extending table in solid mahogany, tabletop coated with black textolite.
The Swiss cabinet maker, designer and architect Kurt Thut designed this light and functional chair in 1955 for his diploma work at Kunstgewerbeschule Zürich under the guidance of Willy Guhl. Among Thut's professors were Johannes Itten and Hans Bellmann.
Literature: eMuseum, Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich, 2020, https://www.emuseum.ch/objects/39612/modell-042
Billing, Joan und Eberli, Samuel: Kurt Thut - Protagonist der Schweizer Wohnkultur, Scheidegger & Spiess, Hrsg. Design & Design, Zürich, 2017, 67-69, 84-89
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