Artcurial to Auction Werner Löffler Chair Collection Featuring 160 Historical Designs
Artcurial holds an auction of nearly 160 chairs from Werner Löffler's personal collection on March 4, 2026. The sale spans more than forty years of acquisitions and features historical pieces, prototypes, experimental models and iconic designs from ancient civilizations through the modern era. Estimates range from €500 to €15,000. Löffler, head of a seating manufacturing company, assembled the group through collaborations with experts, research institutes and users, treating each chair as an anatomical extension of the body.
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The auction makes a coherent body of seating history available at accessible prices to collectors and enthusiasts. It positions the collection as an archaeology of design that links technical advances, aesthetic shifts and lifestyle changes across periods, from Baroque status symbols to bentwood innovations and 20th-century functional icons.
- People: Werner Löffler
- Auction Houses: Artcurial
- Locations: Paris
- Prices: €500, €15,000
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