Rene HERBST (after a design by) & FORMES NOUVELLES INTERNATIONAL (publisher) Four "Sandows" chairs, original model created in 1930, with chromed steel frame, straight backrest slightly rolled at the top and corner tubular-leg frame. Seat bottoms and backrests with red rubber-covered bungee cords. Contemporary edition. Height 87 cm - Length 41 cm - Depth 44 cm History: a copy of the original model is conserved in the collections of the Centre-Pompidou in Paris under inventory number AM-1993-1-817. Bibliography: Solange Goguel, René Herbst, Éditions du Regard, Paris, 1990, original model referenced and reproduced on p. 265.

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