Sometimes treasures lie where you least expect them. Rabenau is a tranquil little town in Saxony – but anyone familiar with its history will hardly be surprised to find that it hides a real gem. For centuries, the town was a centre of chair production – from traditional craftsmanship to industrial manufacturing. So it's no wonder that the German Chair Museum is located here today – a place where furniture history comes to life. Gelenka and the German Chair Museum in Rabenau The museum is
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As noted from the exhibition Der ungesehene Designklassiker at the Deutsches Stuhlbaumuseum, Rabenau, alongside the introduction, re-introduction, enabled to the EW 1192 by Horst Heyder, a work that was, in all probability, the most widely found, most widely used, chair in the DDR and, potentially, one of the chairs existent in the greatest population densities anywhere ever, and thus a chair that inarguably shouldn't need to be re-introduced, but which on account of the nature of the
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Imagine you were one of the best selling and most widely used chairs in your country. But (hi)story had forgotten you. Imagine you were informative in context of elucidating important, but rarely illuminated, chapters in the (hi)story of furniture design. But (hi)story had forgotten you. Imagine you were instructive in context of the practice and craft and industry of furniture design. But (hi)story had forgotten you. Imagine you were in use in a great many locations. But no-one saw you.
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