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Banu Stool
Banu 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.
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ClassiCon offer modern classics that are collector’s items—not only the masterpieces of yesterday, but of tomorrow as well. ClassiCon’s collection aims to produce individual pieces of great originality and formal perfection. Displaying the kind of value that lasts, ClassiCon collection pieces are destined to become coveted investments for future generations. ClassiCon has from its inception aspired not only to offer pieces by established figures such as Eileen Gray and Eckart Muthesius, but also to foster contemporary design and to present selected examples in its program. Naturally, the models chosen must display the kind of quality and advanced form that earns them the designation “classic”. That’s why ClassiCon is always open to new design ideas.
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.
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