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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.
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
E dwin van der Gun
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.
