{"title":"Eckart Muthesius","description":"\u003cp\u003eEckart 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"classicon-usha-umbrella-stand","title":"Usha Umbrella Stand","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Maharajah of Indore commissioned Eckart Muthesius to build and furnish his Manik Bagh palace. Completed four years later, the palace was a masterpiece of the Art Deco style. Muthesius complemented his architecture with his own furniture and lamp designs, including the spiral-shaped umbrella stand Usha coiling upwards like a charmed snake. The original chrome-plated version reflects the environment, whereas the new colours, black and bronze, especially emphasize the lines of the design.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ClassiCon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67673006243990,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0343\/0062\/5036\/files\/classicon-usha-umbrella-stand-1792x1174px.jpg?v=1793968362"},{"product_id":"classicon-mandu-valet-stand","title":"Mandu Valet Stand","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1929 the Maharajah of Indore commissioned Eckart Muthesius to build and furnish his Manik Bagh palace. Completed four years later, the palace was a masterpiece of the Art Deco style. Muthesius complemented his architecture with his own furniture and lamp designs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Maharajah had countless servants. Eckart Muthesius added to them yet another: his valet Mandu serves up an elegant appearance with typical Art Déco flourish. Very feminine and yet - or perhaps for this reason - used mostly by gentlemen who do not want to entrust their business jackets to a simple coat rack. The original chrome-plated version reflects the environment, whereas the new colours, black and bronze, especially emphasize the lines of the design.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ClassiCon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67673006473366,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0343\/0062\/5036\/files\/classicon-mandu-valet-stand-1792x1174px.jpg?v=1793968370"},{"product_id":"classicon-satish-bar-stool","title":"Satish Bar Stool","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe palace of Maharajah Shri Yeshwant Rao Holkar Bahadur was located in faraway India, yet it was equipped with the latest in modern finesse from a western lifestyle. This included a billiard room and a bar in an avant-garde style where the walls shimmered blue and silver and stainless steel, lacquer and leather were the dominating materials. The bar stool designed by Eckart Muthesius for this place is even today, nearly 90 years later, a fascinating and individual design and could be placed in any stylish bar. A true modern classic never dies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ClassiCon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67673009127574,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0343\/0062\/5036\/files\/classicon-satish-bar-stool-1792x1174px.jpg?v=1793968445"},{"product_id":"classicon-banu-stool","title":"Banu Stool","description":"\u003cp\u003eBanu is yet another gem from the Jewel Garden, which was the name of the Maharajah’s palace of Indore for which Eckart Muthesius designed this stool. Through the use of polished stainless steel and a highly demanding working process, the frame appears, from all sides, to be made of a single piece. The exquisite, elegant stool decorated the bathroom of the Maharani. A slightly different version travelled on tracks through India - in the legendary saloon carriage of the Maharajah.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ClassiCon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67673009684630,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0343\/0062\/5036\/files\/classicon-banu-stool-1792x1174px.jpg?v=1793968463"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0343\/0062\/5036\/collections\/eckart-muthesius-BW-1400x1400px.jpg?v=1793972463","url":"https:\/\/www.spacefurniture.com.sg\/collections\/eckart-muthesius.oembed","provider":"Space Furniture SG","version":"1.0","type":"link"}