Red and Blue Chair by Gerrit Rietveld

A canonical artefact of art history and one of the most important pieces of furniture ever built, the chair, designed in 1918 and painted about 1923, composed of 13 square-profiled battens, two rectangular panels and two armrests, was stripped of its volume to emphasize functionality. It stands as a representation of the De Stijl movement’s principles of abstract simplicity and functionality.