Large Art Deco desk
A high quality 1930s French double-sided desk.
Original key and lockable four drawers. 170 x 75 x 75cm high.
Price: 3.600 euro
Tag: furniture
Various items including (1) an Amsterdam School console/hall table with two drawers – The symmetrical form of the console narrows towards the front and has four amazing hand-crafted scallop shaped handles. The front of the two drawers has an elegant double wave sculptural form.
Inside, the top drawer has a green baize lining (once used for cutlery). This console seems to date from between the early to mid-c20th and is beautifully constructed from solid oak. We decided to leave it with its original patina (the top has a few light marks but otherwise it is in good solid condition). 100 x 46.5 x 89cm high.
(2) A monumental Dutch Amsterdam School floor lamp made from mahogany with double fitted lamps and an uplighter lamp. 186cm high and 71cm wide.
(3) A large alabaster abstract form sculpture circa 1970s attached to a pine plinth. 18.5 x 18.5 x 60cm high
All available: Console SOLD / Lamp 1.400 euro / Sculpture SOLD
Jan de Jong / Dom Hans van der Laan (Nl 1904-1991)
Pair of original Bossche School church benches/pews from the Sint-Willibroduskerk in Almelo. 1960s.
Stained pine wood with hand forged large nails.
302 x 67 x 86.5 (seat height 48.5) Note: Measurements are according to van der Laan’s theories of the ‘plastic number’ system.
Two rare long benches designed by the Dutch Benedictine monk and architect Dom Hans van der Laan and executed by fellow architect Jan de Jong for the Sint-Willibroduskerk in Almelo.
The architect Jan de Jong who worked closely together with Dom Hans van der Laan was responsible for the design of the church and its interior. They created an outstanding body of work ,very much defining what is called now the Dutch Bossche School style.
The artist Wim van Hoof was responsible for the entire colour scheme of the church and its interior (including these benches). The colour of the benches is mostly green but has a touch of brown with a silvery blue tint.
The benches were purchased after the demolition of the church in 2005 and is in a very nice original condition.
Price: 11,500 euro (per piece)
Aldo Van Den Nieuwelaar (Nl. 1944-2010)
Globe Floor lamp. Domani, 1970s.
35 x 35 x 130cm high
A rare floorlamp from the ‘Globe’ series, designed by Dutch architect and designer Aldo van den Nieuwelaar.
Lamps designed by Aldo van den Nieuwelaar such as this one were all produced in small quantities. It has an elegant minimalist one section curved white metal stem with large glass sphere that nests comfortably onto it.
Price: 1.400 euro
Italian 1960s sideboard
Giovanni Ausenda (Italy mid-c20th)
model ‘Caleno’ credenza/sideboard ±1960s for Stilwood, Italy.
Rosewood & Mahogany. 213 x 53 x 74cm high.
This Brutalist Italian sideboard with subtle architectural details has a strong classical presence. This is what we would call a sideboard for life! Anchored in the right setting this is a timeless design that can look like it has always been there.
Price: 3.950 euro
Art Deco stool
A 1930s Art Deco vanity stool. Unknown origin. (unrestored)
Mahogany and maple wood veneers around a wooden constructed base.
We have left the period linen upholstery – A possible upholstery project or just left as it is.
Price: 1.250 euro
Wim den Boon (Nl. 1912-68)
A small wall mounted oregon pine desk (ladies desk) with accompanying drawer unit.
128 x 39.5 x 72cm high
Designed and made to commission for a private residence in Laren, NL in the 1960s (Like much of den Boon’s work this item documented at the Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam). It was initially designed to work as a vanity unit, although nowadays can be used as a neat little desk.
Purchased from its initial owner who commissioned it amongst other furniture specifically for their home.
Between the 1950s & 60s, Dutch designer and architect Wim den Boon was at the height of his powers. His success alongside other designers as ‘Group &’ (including Hein Stolle, etc.) and later with Goed Wonen lay in the fact that his purist design of the interiors and furniture fitted in seamlessly with the functionalist design of the late thirties. (Goed Wonen was a foundation and leading magazine formed after the war with the aim of “raising the standard of living in the Netherlands by improving home furnishings in the broadest sense of the word…”)
Den Boon wrote several articles for Goed Wonen – His articles are almost without exception educational, presenting readers sometimes quite forcibly with the liberating nature of the new design. His polemical character, stubbornness, and especially the strongly didactic tone of his articles was too much for many employees and readers of Goed Wonen and in 1950 the editors forced him to resign. It was also around 1950 that he broke his relationship with ‘Groep &’ and established himself as an independent interior designer in The Hague. From then on, his interior designs are increasingly characterised by a very careful treatment of the space that can be very strict, deliberate, and sober but also highly refined. Throughout this golden period of the 50s-60s, an extensive oeuvre was created, varying from small renovations and furniture designs to complete new construction projects for private individuals such as those who commissioned this piece.
This is a unique piece of Dutch mid-century modern design history (please note that we are also selling other items that came out of the same house)
Minor superficial wear and tear. A scratch to the top of the drawer unit and some minor discolouring.
Price: 1.500 euro
Kwok Hoi Chan (HK 1939-1990)
Rare sz15 lounge chair for ‘t Spectrum 1973.
This sculptural chair was manufactured for a short period during which time it is believed that around only 100 of the chairs were manufactured. This one was purchased from the first owner and is in superb original condition with only minimal signs of age and use.
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Tubular steel and thick leather 72x90x68cm
Price: 3.950 euro
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