A set of door furniture designed by the Modern Movement architect Hans POELZIG
These striking period door handles were specifically designed for the administrative offices of the giant I.G. Farben paint factory in Frankfurt.
The building, completed in 1931, was the work of the architect and designer Hans Poelzig.
One of the progenitors of the Modern Movement, Poelzig participated in the first major International Style project, the 1927 Die Wohnung expo.
The event saw the construction of an entire estate of modernist dwellings in the elevated Weissenhof suburb of Stuttgart.
Poelzig contributed a prototype single family house alongside Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, Walter Gropius and Peter Behrens among others.
His imposing I.G. Farben building still stands and has become the centrepiece of the Goethe University campus in Frankfurt am Main. Poelzig died in 1936, aged 67.
This set of 5 pairs of aluminium level door handles, with an additional lever handle and door pull combination, are signed with the maker's mark 'Aldurit', and are possibly of 1950s manufacture. They are in very good used condition with expected signs of use, but no significant damages. A neat small hole has been made in one of the rectangular lock plates. To obtain the best possible view of condition, please see all of the photos provided. The handles will look fabulous given a new lease of life in the right setting.
PLEASE NOTE that at the time of listing I have a further set of 4 pairs and a pair of bathroom level door handles of the same Hans Poelzig design, available in separate listings. I will always offer combined shipping at cost for multiple purchases.
Literature:
Siegfried Gronert, Türdrücker der Moderne, eine Designgeschichte, W. König, Köln, 1991
Wehag product catalogue for 1951 (des. Max Burchartz), Wilhelm Engstfeld AG, Heiligenhaus, Germany, 1951.
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