Rare 1950s Dutch minimalist lacquered stell and glass table by Janni van Pelt for Bas van Pelt.
101cm diameter x 31cm high
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Tag: Design
20th century design
A very rare piano stool by Dutch architect and interior designer Wim den Boon. This stool was designed as part of a complete interior in the late 50s. The only other one we know of was a white version owned by Den Boon for his own use (documented in the Den Boon archive at the NI in Rotterdam). Full provenance is available.
In 1945 Den Boon founded ‘Groep &’ together with Hein Stolle and Pierre Kleykam’. The group’s ambition was to continue the purist and functionalist prewar ideals and aesthetic into the postwar period, or ‘reconstruction period’ in The Netherlands. Many of the group’s designs can be seen in the Goed Wonen magazine of which Den Boon was the editorial secretary from 1948-1950 and for which he wrote several articles.
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Steel frame and sheet glass.
This table designed in 1950 was made for a private residence in the Netherlands. The concept and plans for the table can be found in the archive of Den Boon’s work in the NAi archives in Rotterdam.
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A simple African chair constructed of two sections.
88.5 high x 100 deep x 39.5cm wide.
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Japanese Showa period (mid-c20th) low table.
Elm wood with bamboo legs. The table has been waxed only and has a superb colour and patina.
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Oak wood. 1920s. Netherlands.
A simple book case constructed of thin pieces of oak wood.
School or manner of Gerrit Rietveld or the Haagse School.
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Alvar Aalto (Finland 1898-1976)
Early production 51/403 plywood chairs.
Dom Hans van der Laan (NL 1904-1991)
Early desk & stool.
This desk and stool were made for a private residence in the Netherlands in the 1971. They were commissioned as part of a complete interior refurbishment by Bossche School architects Louis de Kok/Fons Vermeulen. The olive colour wash applied to the furniture was conceived by the artist Wim van Hooff whose colour schemes were utilised by many Bossche School designs during the mid century period.
The desk is particularly rare being that it is one of a limited number of vd Laan’s designs that were applied to domestic rather than ecclesiastical environments.
_Full provenance available
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