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designer

Coen De Vries

manufacturer

DEVO

period

1950s

dimensions

54 x 26 x 199 cm

condition

Zeer goed

A first edition 'Toonladder' coat rack, designed by Coen de Vries in 1953 and produced by his own company DEVO in 1954. The coat rack is also known as 'Notenbalk'. The coat rack was designed for a model home of the Goed Wonen foundation in Weesp, Netherlands. You can recognize this specific model (the first version of this coat rack) by the frame of round tubes and the coat hooks of curved plastic-covered electrical wire. The design was later adapted by various other designers, such as Tjerk Reijenga for Pilastro, whose version is available in different sizes, with flat metal hooks and a square tube frame. Tomado and Artimeta later put Reijenga's design into production. The original version is attached to the wall with four screws. It is particularly rare because of the extra hat shelf, which was an option at the time. The name, 'Toonladder' (scale) or 'Notenbalk' (staff), comes from the shape of the curved hooks that symbolize the notes. These are made in red and yellow.