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Armchair "Crate chair", wood, design: Gerrit, Rietveld (Utrecht 1888 - 1964 Utrecht), 1934, produced 1970/80s, for Cassina, marked on underside: Cassina, Meubelmakerij, Rietveld, Adr. van Ostadelaan 25, seat height: 28 cm, total height: 61.5 cm, w: 56 cm, d: 63 cm, minor traces of age and slightly water-stained, 4393 - 0033

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Armchair "Crate chair", wood, design: Gerrit, Rietveld (Utrecht 1888 - 1964 Utrecht), 1934, produced 1970/80s, for Cassina, marked on underside: Cassina, Meubelmakerij, Rietveld, Adr. van Ostadelaan 25, seat height: 28 cm, total height: 61.5 cm, w: 56 cm, d: 63 cm, minor traces of age and slightly water-stained, 4393 - 0033

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