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Paul Johann Bay (Switzerland 1891-1952)

Carved elm wood. 37cm wide x 31cm deep x (height adjustable to between 145.5-178cm)

Rare Anthroposophical floor lamp attributed to the Swiss artist/architect and interior designer Paul Johann Bay.

The lamp is composed of a larger base and an adjustable upper section (with loose peg). The lamp shade is missing but has been rewired (with a period ceramic lamp fitting and cloth covered wiring) and is fully working.

From 1914, Paul Bay worked in the construction office of the Goetheanum in Dornach. He carried out several building projects based on designs by Rudolf Steiner between 1920 and 1925. In addition, Paul Bay worked as an interior designer in Stuttgart.

Provenance: The lamp was purchased together with a smaller desk lamp years ago from the grandson of Fons Reggers, the well-known Dutch jeweller. Paul Bay designed some special commissions for the family Reggers who were related to him via the wife’s side of the family. They also inherited some other items after the death of Paul Bay in 1952.

Price: 3.500 euro

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Bossche school ceiling light /chandelier

168.5cm high x 68cm wide

Large iron and copper lights that come from a mid-century church interior in the Dutch town of Heusden. The church was an early example (1950-60) of the Bossche School architectural style as designed by architect Nico van der Laan (other known designers working on the interior were Harry van der Thillart and Jan Noyons, as well as Jo Uiterwaal). The church was closed down in 2018. (further provenance includes a photo of the lamp in-situ)

Price: On request

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Large Art Deco coffee table. Circa 1930s

131 x 86 x 52cm high. Solid oak and glass.

Unique early c20th coffee table with its original feature glass top that seems to conjoin both Art Deco and Brutalist styles. The piece combines the robust qualities of the Brutalist style evident in its chunky wooden base with the elegance of the Art Deco style manifested in the pictorial glass top. These apparent combined qualities in this one piece that gives the table its unique style and character.
The deeply moulded relief images in the thick glass depicts two seagulls in flight. The underside of the glass is textured whereas the top is almost smooth.

The curved fan shape of this table (it is narrower at the front than the back) would make it highly suitable for particular spaces such as between sofas or in front of a curved sofa.

Price: 3.950 euro

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Alvar Aalto (Finland 1898-1976)

Artek Finland 1940s. Birch and mahogany wood.

‘L-Leg’ model 91 dining table and six model 60 stools.

Table: 126cm diameter x 72cm high Stools: 34cm diameter x 44cm high

Dating from the late 1940s this set is constructed using the highly sophisticated technique of supported wood lamination invented by Alvar Aalto in the 1930s at the height of the modernist period.

This particular set features the far more unusual mahogany top surfaces instead of the more common birch ones…As with other inlaid versions the top of each piece is constructed in a slightly different way without the visible finger joints around the outer edges – instead, on this set all the outer edges are made from one continual fine birch wood band that encompasses the mahogany veneered surfaces.
Overall the set is in original completely untouched condition (we chose not to restore or refinish it knowing that this will appeal to Aalto and modernism collectors).

Condition: Each piece has just the right amount of warm patina. The table especially has clear superficial signs of use especially to the edges; Years of handling and light use where people sat around it and appreciated it for its design and functionality for eighty years is what makes this set particularly desirable.

Price: Table 3.750 euro / x6 Stools 4,800 euro (more photos and detailed condition report available on request)

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Amsterdam School / Art Deco wall mirror. Circa 1930s.

Patinated hammered copper surround with original bevelled edge mirror / wooden back / chain. 48 x 3 x 47.5cm high

A beautiful small mirror with a nature/botanical inspired surround. Designer unknown (possibly by/manner of Conrad Fehn).

Price: 550 euro

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Hendrik Fels (Nl.1882-1962)

Oak wood. L.O.V Oosterbeek 1930s

Recently newly upholstered in a dark/warm coloured wool fabric.

71cm wide x 61cm deep x 79.5cm high (seat height 42cm)

A rare low armchair in the Dutch Art Deco / Modernist style. Designed by architect H.Fels for L.O.V Oosterbeek (shortening of ‘Labor Omnia Vincit’), an idealistic furniture company active between 1910 and 1935. The aim of the L.O.V company was to produce honest and modern furniture that was made in an artisanal way.
Designers that worked for the L.O.V. consisted of well known names like Frits Spanjaard, Cor Alons and Jan Muntendam as well as Hendrik (Henk) Fels.

Good restored condition (one repair to a corner split in the back rest)

Price: 1.800 euro

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Pepijn Fabius Clovis / studio (Nl.1996-Now)

Pepijn Fabius is a Dutch contemporary designer who makes furniture and objects which are on the edge of art and design.
Known for his use of ‘waste material’. These chairs are a good example of his design approach. The use of humble materials like left over wood was part of a project instigated by the designer at the start of the Covid years (2020/21). Imperfections are embraced, thus making each design unique – Some of the pieces are labelled by the designer.

Price (from left to right): 1.000 / 900 euro

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Bruno Gatta (Italy c20th)

An elegant pendant light by Bruno Gatta for Stilnovo. Circa 1950s.

36cm wide x 82cm high (including ceiling fitting)

It has three original lamp fittings and a frosted glass diffuser inside a black lacquered metal ring.

Price: 1.000 euro

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