Shortly after the establishment of housing assistance in 1945, the the cooperative association of c

Shortly after the establishment of housing assistance in 1945, the the cooperative association of carpenters in their sales shop in Zurich a so-called "Growing bookshelf" by Hans Wallis and Arthur Milani. The idea was that the frame could be continuously extended by the purchase of additional parts and as a major user or the user virtually from the nursery to the in-house library could accompany. In fact, the easy-to-handle metal table numbers shelves of housing assistance were a great success, making metal table numbers the company more variants did in the fifties to the market. This includes the offered here in 1959 by Emil Guhl, Willy Guhl's brother, designed frame that included, for example, cabinets and a space-saving folding table in addition metal table numbers to simple shelf elements. The covered with birch veneer elements are connected by simple plugs and can be stacked easily. In order to reveal the structure and the finished furniture established, the individual elements by thin brass plates are spaced from each other at a distance. For the items to be visible metal table numbers as such and the idea of placing succession metal table numbers reveals itself at first glance. Folding table with gray Kellco coated sliding gray painted Hartpavatex. Height 176cm, width 76cm. SOLD