The top of the unit is finished with a sheet of black Formica

A piece by Jules Wabbes consisting of a rosewood or mutenye drawer unit on steel slats.

Mutenye drawer block with curved nickel silver handles.

Left side of the 1960s Belgian office furniture

The slides and uprights of the Jules Wabbes drawer units

Lock cylinder on the side of an office unit, 1960s Belgian design

The office pedestal shown with its drawers open

The back of the Belgian exotic wood furniture

The nickel silver handles are curved and debossed.

The open drawers of the Jules Wabbes office unit

The foot of the office unit is equipped with glides supplied by the Velca company, which also furnished the Foncolin building

Mutenye drawer unit – Jules Wabbes

€3800,00

Mutenye and chrome-plated steel drawer unit designed by Jules Wabbes for Mobilier Universel circa 1960.

Dimensions of the mobile unit:

H 68.5 CM x D 53 CM x W 60 CM.
Drawers D 54 CM x H 4 CM (top) / H 9 CM (middle) / H 26 CM (bottom)
The key is no longer available.

1 available in store

Ref: 0011742 Categories: Latest arrivals, Storage furniture Tags: Jules Wabbes, Offices & secretaries

Jules Wabbes drawer unit in mutenye, 1960s

This Jules Wabbes drawer unit, produced in the 1960s, follows the models designed since the early 1950s. Titled ‘Bloc Mobile’, it features a top shelf finished in black laminate, while steel uprights provide a minimalist structure.

It is equipped with special carpet glides supplied by the Italian company Velca, with whom Wabbes collaborated on the Foncolin building in Brussels. He was awarded a silver medal at the 1957 Milan Triennale for the furniture proposed for this project.

The side lock for the drawers unfortunately no longer has its key.

This unit was completely disassembled and restored in our workshop: cleaning, stripping, sanding, and varnishing of the wooden surfaces. The metal components were also thoroughly polished to remove dirt and oxidation.

M. Ferran-Wabbes, Jules Wabbes 1919–1974: Interior Architect, Dexia / La Renaissance du Livre, Tournai / Brussels, 2002, p. 142.