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Dom Hans van der Laan (Netherlands 1904-1991)

Tulip wood with metal work & inset gemstones.

130 x 98 x 95cm high

A large Bossche School alter table. (that can function as a high table like in a kitchen or shop)

Designed by the Dutch Benedictine monk/architect Dom Hans vd Laan. Unlike most of van der Lann’s furniture this piece is decorated with a narrow frieze that goes all around the base section. The metal and stone decorative elements across the side is possibly by Dutch mid-century metal worker Jan Noyons and colour selected by Wim van Hooff. This rare example of Van der Laan’s designs was part of a collection of furniture came from a post-war church in Amstelveen in The Netherlands. The church was subsequently destroyed, and the furniture sold off.

Note: The tabletop and base can be separated for easier transport.

PRICE:  4.500

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Cornelius L. (Cor) Alons (Nl.1892 – 1967)

Oak side table. 75 x 49 x 65cm high. 1920s.

Cor Alons was a Dutch interior, industrial and book cover designer in the early c20th. Like several of the Dutch designers of the era he was inspired by the work of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. In 1923 he established a design agency with designer Frits Spanjaard (1889-1978). Dedicated to the construction and renovation of private houses, the pair belonged to the first generation of interior designers, designing not only furniture, but also the space in which the furniture inhabited. As an advocate for functionalism, Alons often sought out simple furniture with sober forms in his interior design.  He preferred clear, simple, and often enduring shapes from dark, mostly valuable, building materials and colours.

Over the course of his career, Alons focused on avant-garde developments in both the Netherlands and abroad, and was a proponent of the De Stijl movement, some elements from which can be seen in his coffee tables, dining chairs, and lounge chairs.

In 1929, Alons was appointed a lecturer at the Department of Furniture Design at the seminal Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague. Under the Bauhaus’ influence, new departments emerged at the Academy, including graphic design, advertising, photography, industrial design, and furniture design.

Although we do not know the maker of this table, it is typical of aesthetic he and Frits Spanjaard brought to Dutch design of the era. It has been fully restored and is in superb condition.

Price: 3.000 euro

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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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