Thur-Op-Seat school chair Galvanitas Pagholz heavy duty child

Thur-Op-Seat school chair by Galvanitas and Pagholz, red tube frame, heavy duty child’s version

name: Thur-Op-Seat chair
designer SEAT: Elmar Flototto
manufacturer: Galvanitas Metaalindustrie, Oosterhout the Netherlands; and Pagholz, Germany
original design year: 1967

The S19 is a beautiful elegant school chair. It was altered into the S22, which is stacking. The legs stick-out awkwardly but you gain functionality, especially important for schools. This was then altered again in the 70’s, this time for for manufacturing simplicity, with a red tube frame. Additionally in the 1980s they made a heavy-duty version with a thick pipe frame, of which there is also a child’s version. So here a later-model S22 chair, the same design concept and the same elegant pagholz seat but with a modern red base.

compass legs design, powder-coated burgundy-red thick pipe frame;

with pagholz/PAG wood/pagwood shell seat,
imprinted on the back with “Thur-Op-Seat” inside a large “G” (for Galvanitas);

the seat is said to be designed by Elmar Flototto for Pagholz;

stackable, some stacking damage;

industrial dutch design classic from the sixties, revamped in the 70s and 80s;

ideal for schools: canteen, assembly hall, auditorium, multipurpose room;

vintage, retro, 1960s, stack