The chair was designed and produced at the end of the 1950s and early 1960s by Galvanitas in Oosterhout, the Netherlands. Instead of the usual tube construction, the designer opted for a pressed steel plate frame. A very solid and at the same time revolutionary design for that time. Wim Rietveld, one of the pioneers in the field of industrial design in the Netherlands, described the furniture as functional: 'well-formed, sturdy, usable and inexpensive'.
These chairs are made by means of the original molds.