Elegant Halabala Lounge chair. Shipping price included. These are the very early style Halabala, pre nationalisation.
Weight approximately 20-25Kg per chair, with packing material.
Price includes both chairs and shipping world wide. Chairs are in need of restoration, pictures explain.
W, 72cm, D, 66CM H, 80cm
The Halabala H-213 chair is a classic design created by the Czech furniture designer Jindřich Halabala in the 1930s. It is an example of the modernist style that emerged in Europe during that time.
The H-213 chair is characterized by its simple, clean lines and functional design. The frame is made of beech wood and features a distinctive geometric shape that provides both visual interest and structural stability. The seat and backrest are upholstered in fabric or leather, and the chair is often finished with decorative nails or other embellishments.
The H-213 chair was originally produced by the Czech furniture company UP Závody, and it quickly became popular throughout Europe. Today, the chair is considered a design classic and is still produced by several furniture companies. It is often used in modern interiors as a statement piece that adds both style and comfort to a room.
Czech industrial designer, writer, and educator Jindřich Halabala was a significant proponent of modernist, industrially manufactured furniture in Czechoslovakia and had a tremendous influence on the interior design of many interwar and postwar Czech homes. Born in 1903 in Koryčany, Halabala spent his formative years training as a cabinetmaker in his father’s joinery workshop before entering the state-owned woodworking school in Valašské Meziříčí in 1920. He completed his practical studies with woodworking company Associated Arts & Crafts Enterprises, known as UP (Spojené Uměleckoprůmyslové Závody), in Brno. Halabala subsequently studied at the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague under Czech modernist architect-designer Pavel Janák (1881-1956). After graduating in 1926, Halabala worked briefly at the studio of Bohumil Hübschmann in Prague, until he was hired by UP. Halabala quickly became the firm’s development manager, responsible for product promotion and sales strategy—a position he maintained until 1946. Believing that furniture should be fully functional, modular, mobile, and widely affordable, Halabala advocated for a new mass-market approach to furnishing, ultimately pioneering industrial furniture manufacturing in Czechoslovakia.