Rare modernist furniture, art & design
Carlo Pagani (Italy mid-c20th)
Dining table/ Lacquered steel, glass and wood.
Rare dining table / desk designed by Italian architect Carlo Pagani for Metz & Co., Netherlands. circa 1950.
The table is pictured in Metz & Co de Creatieve Jaren, Petra Timmer, 1995
Price: 4,250 euro
Modernist wooden stools. Circa 1930s.
Pair of Bauhaus style modernist oak stools with slung carpeted seats. Dutch or German. Circa 1930s
Price: 925 euro
Bespoke ecclesiastical table. 1970s
Hans van der Laan & Harry van Hal (Nl, c20th)
Unique bespoke table that was part of the furnishings of the Bethlehem Church built in 1979 in Breda, Netherlands.
The church was designed by two Bossche School architects: Hans van der Laan (the nephew of Dom Hans vd Laan) together with the architect Harry van Hal.
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Solid merbau wood. 175.5 x 131 x 76cm
Price: 6,500 euro
Gio Ponti presentation tile. 1960s
Gio Ponti (Italy 1891-1971)
A rare Gio Ponti designed brass encased ceramic tile/penholder. Manufactured by Roma Ceramice.
In the 1960s a number of these encased tiles were presented to the personnel and dignitaries at the opening ceremony of the new Bijenkorf (beehive) department store building in Eindhoven. The building and its spectacular facade were designed by Italian architect Gio Ponti who designed the buildings extensive facade using multiples of these tiles. The brass casing is inscribed with the details of the presentation.
Price: 570 euro
Ilmari Tapiovaara (Finland 1914-99)
Solid lacquered pine and beech wood.
A mid-century Scandinavian design set by Illmari Tapiovaara for Laukaan Puu, Finland. This classic ‘Pirkka’ set is composed of a large table, a bench and three chairs.
Designed in 1955 this set is an early production from around the late 1950s-early 1960s. Each piece carries the makers burnished marks alongside the designer’s name.
Price: 4,200 euro
Sep Ruf (Germany, 1908 -1982)
Brutalist German steel floor lamp attributed to architect Sep Ruf. Circa 1970s.
Price: 1,650 euro
Hein Salomonson (Netherlands 1910-1994)
Rare pair of patinated steel upholstered armchairs.
AP Originals. 1958.
h.71cm x w.73.5cm x d.62cm
Price: 2,100 euro (pair)
Jan de Jong & Dom Hans vd Laan (Nl. mid 20th century)
Bossche School high backed chair.
Designed by the benedictine monk and architect Dom Hans van der Laan and executed by Jan de Jong in the 1960s – the chair was commissioned for the Willibrordus church in Almelo which despite being one of the best examples of Dutch churches of the modernist era was knocked down in 2005 as part of a series of unfortunate closures.
Stained exotic woods with copper nails.
h.132cm x w.64cm x d.56cm (seat 48cm)
Price: 6,790 euro
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