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Wim den Boon (Nl.1912-1968)

Bespoke lounge chair. 1960s.

Original lacquered steel frame (swivel back rest) with slung leather seat and back.

65 x 65 x 68cm high (seat height 32.5 cm)

An important lounge chair by Wim den Boon. This is an historical piece of furniture and an important part of the legacy of Wim den Boon as an important Dutch architect and interior designer.

Wim Den Boon was a Dutch designer, interior designer and architect. Den Boon was a strict thinking man who believed strongly in the transforming capacities of architecture and design who left behind a small body of work. Most of his furniture was made for specific projects. This particular chair is a fine example of Den Boon’s work and dates from the early 1960s . The second photo shows this chair in its original setting (photo: NAI Rotterdam).
It has new leather upholstery. The new leather is a copy after the original upholstery as can be seen in the last photo.

We have a collection of furniture in stock by Wim den Boon of which most pieces are bespoke pieces that were commissioned for private homes in the Netherlands (and come with provenance – see other listings)

Price: 3.400 euro

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Ronald Willemsen (Nl.c20th-c.21st)

Sculptural little constructivist side table model RW1 side table. Metaform, Holland 1982. Despite its elegant light look it is actually quite a heavy set table (which like a cricket table is always balanced on any surface due to having three feet instead of four). These tables are a rare find and always sought after.

lacquered steel. 53 x 53 x 38cm

Price: 1.900 euro

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Mid-Century slatted lounge chair.

Dutch 1950s. beech wood connected with metal fittings.

A beautiful sculptural lounge chair in totally original condition with patina.

The chair was reputedly originally purchased from Bas van Pelt/My Home.

Price: 3.250 euro

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Hague school lady chair. Circa 1920s.

Oak. 60.5 x 64.5 x 65cm high.
A delightful diminutive armchair that we believe was designed as a lady chair. It is unusual not only by its small size but also by its striking modernist lines. This Dutch chair is designed and constructed in typical Dutch Art Deco style known as the Haagse School or Hague School style – a simple geometric constructivist style of the period. According to the previous owner this chair is a design by Hendrik Wouda but we were unable to confirm that. The chair is made out of darkened oak and seems to have its original purple plush velvet upholstery including the loose seat cushion. This chair is a true collectors piece.

Price: 2.400 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: 4.800 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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Unusual Dutch oak side table. Circa 1950s.

A small simple and stylish oak side table or coffee table.

Original finish with some signs of age and use / marks to top.

Price: 950 euro