Richard Riemerschmid

Armchair

c. 1905, Germany
Model (91)7
Stained oak
35.5h. x 24.5w x 20.75d inches

Literature: Jugendstil in Dresden, 1999, pg.219, ill.37

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Richard Riemerschmid (1868 - 1957), a German designer, architect and painter, was a member of the Munich Secession, and one of the founder-members of the Deutscher Werkbund. Many of the Werkbund ideals were taken up later by the Bauhaus.

Around 1905 he designed an innovative and influential set of machine-made furniture for the Dresden Workshop. Available in suites of living room, bedroom and kitchen furniture, and in a range of prices, the individual components were machine-made and then assembled by hand. It was hailed by critics for its simplicity of style and purpose. The chair above is an example from this period.