Leon Stynen SL 58 chair
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Leon Stynen SL 58 chair

by Leon Stynen

This is the most famous design of Stynen, which he realized together with his assistant Paul de Meyer. The chair was brought onto the market on the occasion of Expo 58 by the Antwerp company Straatman, Loral en Cie. An elegant chair with steel legs and a seat made of pleated plywood.

The architect and urbanist Léon Stynen is one of the key figures of modernism and functionalism in Belgium. Inspired by Le Corbusier, he delved into an architecture of straight lines and rectangular surfaces. An architecture characterized by functionality and spatial layout. He achieved success at a young age and completed numerous and diverse projects for more than fifty years, from the early 1920s until the end of his professional career in 1977. He built casinos, rest homes, cinemas, schools, office buildings, villas. The Knokke casino is one of his earliest projects, while the Antwerp Royal Music Conservatory, later the International Art Center deSingel in Antwerp, is one of his last achievements.

Léon Stynen was also active as a designer and furniture designer. He designed numerous pieces of furniture, often for specific interiors, but few pieces are still on the market today.

These chairs are labeled.

Seat height: 47 cm

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Dimensions:
Height: 76 cm

Width: 48 cm

Depth: 47 cm
Period:
1950s
Origin:
Belgium

Specifications

Designer
Leon Stynen
Materials
PlywoodMetal
Dimensions
Height: 76 cm / Width: 48 cm / Depth: 47 cm
Weight (kg)
5
Period
1950s
Origin
Belgium
Condition
Very good
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