Rare modernist furniture, art & design
Jan den Drijver (Johannes Hendrik Bastiaan den Drijver) 1903-1993.
Important pair of armchairs designed and manufactured during Jan den Drijver’s formative years in The Hague when he established ‘Woningrichting De Stijl’, a showroom and workshop which lasted for only three years between 1933-36. (One chair retains its original paper label).
Beech wood with upholstered seats & back rests.
71cm high x 55cm wide x 55cm deep. Seat height 40cm.
Price: 1,575 euro (pair)
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: 2,100.00 euro (pair)
Theo de Wit (Nl. early c.20)
Rare cantilever stool for EMS Overschie. Circa 1930s.
The stool has a later added period fabric. It was possibly originally designed as a vanity table stool.
h.48cm x w.40cm x d.50cm
Price: 900 euro
Jan de Jong & Dom Hans vd Laan
Circa 1960s. 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)
On Hold
An elegant little table attributed to Metz & Co. It has visual similarities to the designs of Willem Penaat as well as Gerrit Rietveld and Rietveld Jr. Original lacquer in light grey, creme and red.
h.46cm x w.104.5 x d.34.5cm
Price: 995.00 euro
Dutch Bossche School bench and three stools. Grey/silver stained oak with loose cushions.
This furniture was made as part of the modernisation of a Catholic church in the 1960s-70s.
bench: h.45cm x w.155cm x d.45cm
stools: h.45cm x w.45cm x d.45cm
Prices: x3 stools: 1,600 euro bench: 1,600 euro
Tjalling Idenburg (Dutch 1947-2007)
Dutch designer and sculptor Tjalling Idenburg (1947-2007) taught at the TU in Delft in the Industrial Design department, as coordinator of “Products and Prototyping” in the master’s programmes. It was in this area that he was active as a furniture designer and sculptor in the fields of minimal art and spatial design.
This chair labelled with the designers name and the date 1983 is believed to be from a very limited production/ or possibly a prototype for UMS Pastoe. Condition A/F. ~ It would benefit from some care and attention.
h.83cm x w.56cm x d.44cm (seat 45cm)
Price: 985.00 euro
Wim den Boon (Dutch 1912-1968)
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.
h.50cm x w.50cm x d.50cm
Price: 2,450.00 euro
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