THE COLLECTION FEELS LIKE AN HOMAGE TO THE MUSEUM, TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK, TO CULTURE. Edwin van der Gun, Chief Creative Officer of Eichholtz has played a key role in the new collaboration with The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and explains what this groundbreaking new collection means to Eichholtz.
An opportunity such as this cannot be underestimated. With travel, research, and the exploration into cultures and craftmanship other than our own forming the backbone of Theo Eichholtz’s founding principles, this new collaboration with The Met feels like the perfect expression of that. My design team and I have spent the most precious and rewarding time during this past year exploring the museum and its archives with unbridled access to over 1.5 million artifacts that span over 5000 years of history. That privilege has been an extraordinary one, both for me as a creative person but also for us as a design-led business. The result is that we launch the first The Met | Eichholtz collection with almost 100 unique pieces that span furniture and lighting inspired by both
the architecture of the museum building itself and the iconic New York skyline as well as presenting a series of finely crafted, faithful reproductions of sculptures, busts, and artworks. Our material palette is our most exquisite: marble, travertine, hand-blown glass, bronze, brass, oak, and pure wool. We are enormously proud to share this very special collection with you.
Edwin van der Gun Chief Creative Officer of Eichholtz
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