Thanks to design lovers’ enthusiasm for Art Deco and mid-century modern furniture, and the increasingly competitive market for pieces by more famous creators, 20th-century Czech designers are making their way back onto the international stage. Foremost among these talents is Jindřich Halabala.
Halabala was one of the leading designers of a particularly rich period in Czech furniture history, when pieces were defined by Bauhaus functionalism as well as Art Deco influences. He was a cabinetmaker’s son whose training was almost wholly focused on woodwork, first at a state-run vocational school for woodworking in Valašské Meziříčí and later at UP Závody in Brno, where he ultimately became chief designer.
Halabala's alluring bentwood H chairs, such as the H269 and H237, and stylized ottomans have become classics, while his 1930s and 1940s sofas, tables and storage cabinets, with their sweeping curves, stylized geometry and dark, richly grained wood, embody the best of Art Deco furniture design, a style that was brought to worldwide attention at an exhibition in Paris in 1925.
Halabala's work, which was manufactured by the likes of Thonet and UP Závody, is seen by some as the segue between early 1900s Czech Cubism and the modern style that dominated the mid-century years.
Find a collection of vintage Jindřich Halabala furniture today on 1stDibs.
Original Art Deco Stool, Beech, Preserved Condition, Czech, 1920s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Original preserved condition Upholstery is not padded This item features classic Art Deco elements. Art Deco is a style that originated in France in the early 20th century. Its furn...
Fabric, Upholstery, Wood, Lacquer, Beech
Original ArtDeco Stool, Professionally Cleaned Upholstery, Czechia, 1930s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Original ArtDeco Stool. Professionally Cleaned Original Upholstery. Material: Upholstery, Fabric Source: Czechia (Czechoslovakia) Period: 1930-1939 This item features classic Art D...
Fabric, Upholstery, Wood
Restored Art Deco Stool, Oak, Revived Polish, Reupholstered, Czech, 1920s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
This elegant round Art Deco stool comes from Czechoslovakia from the first half of the 20th century. It features new upholstery. This upholstery extends around the entire circumferen...
Fabric, Upholstery, Wood, Oak, Lacquer
Restored Art Deco Stool, by Krásná Jizba, Oak, Reupholstered, Czech, 1930s
By ULUV Krásná jizba
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
This stool is a refined accessory from the production of the Czechoslovak Krasna jizba from the 1930s. It represents the late Art Deco aesthetic, which, in the hands of this famous i...
Fabric, Upholstery, Wood, Oak, Lacquer
Restored Art Deco Stool, Beech, Revived Polish, Reupholstered, Czech, 1920s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
This stool is a tasteful interior accessory in the spirit of Czechoslovak Art Deco from the early 20th century. During this period, furniture design in our region was characterized b...
Fabric, Upholstery, Wood, Lacquer, Beech
Restored Art Deco Stool, Oak, Revived Polish, New Upholstery, Czech, 1930s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
This elegant Art Deco ottoman was made in Czechoslovakia from solid oak. The original finish has been revived, giving the piece an authentic look and highlighting the beauty of the w...
Fabric, Upholstery, Wood, Oak, Lacquer
Newly Upholstered Art Deco Stool by Jindřich Halabala, Czechoslovakia 1930s
By Jindřich Halabala
Located in Praha, CZ
A distinctive Art Deco upholstered stool designed by Jindřich Halabala, produced in Czechoslovakia during the 1930s. The piece features a sculptural rounded form divided into vertica...
Fabric, Wood
Art Deco Tabouret Designed by Jindřich Halabala, 1940s
By Jindřich Halabala
Located in Praha, CZ
has signs of use good original condition
Fabric, Wood
Jindrich Halabala Stools in Decorative Upholstery
By Up Závody, Jindřich Halabala
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Jindrich Halabala for UP Závody, footstool, tabouret, ottoman, fabric, beech, Czech Republic, 1930s. This poetic pouf, designed in the 1930s at the height of the Art Deco movement, ...
Fabric, Beech
Art Deco Tabouret by Jindrich Halabala for Up Zavody, 1930s
By Up Závody, Jindřich Halabala
Located in Praha, CZ
- Made in Czechoslovakia. - Made of wood, fabric. - Good condition.
Fabric, Wood
1930s Jindřich Halabala Art Deco Upholstered Ottoman Tabouret
By Jindřich Halabala
Located in Praha, CZ
An original Art Deco upholstered tabouret designed by Jindřich Halabala in Czechoslovakia during the 1930s. Featuring Halabala’s distinctive rounded “pumpkin” silhouette with elegant...
Fabric, Wood
Art Deco Tabouret Designed by Jindřich Halabala, 1940s
By Jindřich Halabala
Located in Praha, CZ
- has signs of use, - In good original condition, - made of fabric and wood,
Fabric, Wood
