How the reproduction Metz & Co armchair brought the original Rietveld armchair to the surface

In 2017, the armchair Rietveld designed in 1942 for the Amsterdam department store Metz & Co was relaunched. A few years later, an unusual discovery was made: the original version turned out to have been standing in a customer's garden for years.

Gerrit Rietveld boek cadeau

Ontvang bij besteding van minimaal € 500,- in onze webshop tijdelijk het iconische boek Weelde van de Eenvoud waarin fotograaf Arjan Bronkhorst bijzondere Rietveldhuizen, hun interieurs en bewoners op een unieke wijze in beeld brengt.

Timeless design for generations

Rietveld Originals is onderdeel van RSGA Design, hét Nederlandse bedrijf voor interieurmerken die tijdloos en duurzaam design, lokale productie en vakmanschap voorop hebben staan.

Rietveld Orignals X HAY wint Monocle Design Award 2023

Met trots delen wij mee dat onze Kratserie van Gerrit Rietveld (in samenwerking met HAY) onderscheiden is als beste design in de categorie ‘Best for the terrace’!

Rietveld Originals x HAY

How to recognize an original (vintage) Rietveld chair?

For many interior lovers it’s the ultimate dream: to own a Red-Blue Chair, a Zig-Zag Chair, a Crate Chair or a Press Room Chair. But unfortunately, because these Rietveld designs are so popular, many knockoffs have come onto the market over the years. So how do you recognize an original Rietveld? We can help you with that.

A special company in Paris

On November 3, 1958, a very special group gathered in Parisian Restaurant Laurent on Avenue Gabriel. Among them was also Gerrit Rietveld who made the design for the 'Press Room'. A place where journalists could retreat to report on what was happening at UNESCO.

Rietveld & Spectrum: a collaboration with a history

Spectrum's history goes back to the beginning of World War II. That Gerrit Rietveld was an early part of that history is far from everyone's knowledge.