Eckart Muthesius

Eckart Muthesius studied applied arts in Berlin and at the London Polytechnic, then trained under his father, Hermann Muthesius, cofounder of the Deutscher Werkbund. In 1929 he met the future Maharajah of Indore in Oxford, who commissioned him to build and furnish the Manik Bagh palace, an Art Deco masterpiece completed within four years.

He designed much of its furniture and lighting himself, combined with pieces by Marcel Breuer, Charlotte Perriand and Eileen Gray. ClassiCon makes his Banu Stool, Satish Bar Stool, Mandu Valet Stand and Usha Umbrella Stand, designed for the palace in 1931 and 1932.