13. Marc Held

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C.13 Marc Held

Held is a well known French designer, famous for his furniture, lighting, tableware, interior design and watches.

1932	Born August 16th, in Paris. His father is a Hungarian and his mother Polish.
1960-1962	Makes his first wooden furniture, strongly influenced by Swedish and Danish designers like Arne Jacobsen, Poul Kjaerholm and Hans Wegner.
1965	Interior designs for the 'Station de Sports d'Hiver de Avoriaz', a modern ski resort in France.
1966	Opens a design shop 'L'Echoppe' in Paris.
1967	Designs his first chair for Knoll, France.
1970	Creates a range of pieces of furniture made of glassfibre for Candilis, France.
1971	Works for Knoll International. Designs a series of beds and a series of office desks.
1973	An exhibition opens at the 'Musée des Arts Décoratifs', Nantes, displaying ten years of Marc Held's designs. Creates a dinner-service for Coquet in Limoges.
1974	Designs five watches for Lip.

Held designed the following watches with a Lip T13 movement for Lip, France:

'Skipper' is the name of this series of five watches.

1	Ref.no. 43855.
2	The same with a flexible chromium plated steel strap. A rare and beautiful watch. (Ref.no. 43755)
3	Ref.no. 43300. Roman numbers.
4	Ref.no. 43319.
5	The same as no. 4, but rhodium plated and steel. (Ref.no. 43380)

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