Manufacturer · furniture · Poland · Warsaw · est. 1926
Ład
Spółdzielnia Artystów Plastyków „Ład” – a Warsaw workers' cooperative of designers established in 1926, producing furniture, textiles and ceramics.
About the manufacturer
- Years active
- est. 1926
- Country
- Poland
- Location
- Warsaw
- Designers
- Olgierd Szlekys
The cooperative was established on 27 October 1926 in Warsaw on the initiative of professors Józef Czajkowski, Wojciech Jastrzębowski, Karol Stryjeński and Karol Tichy. Its aim was to design and manufacture furniture, textiles, ceramics and other interior furnishings with high-quality form and workmanship; it was inspired, among other things, by folk art.
„Ład” had its own workshops and commissioned larger orders to craft establishments. In 1931, it opened a shop at Hotel Europejski. During the interwar period, it furnished embassies, consulates and ministries. Pre-war furniture was not signed.
In 1945, the cooperative was re-established as Spółdzielnia Pracy Architektury Wnętrz, and in 1950 it was placed under Cepelia. At that time, furniture for serial production was also designed there.
