Rare modernist furniture, art & design
Charlotte Perriand Les Arcs stool
Charlotte Perriand (France 1903-1999)
A rare pine stool for Les Arcs. Circa 1960s.
Literature: Mary McLeod, ed., Charlotte Perriand: An Art of Living, New York, 2003, p.192 (for the model in the Résidence des Trois Arcs, Arc 1600)
Price: 2,500 euro
Hans Roebers: Soft snake sofa / bed. 1970s
Hans Roebers (Nl. 1941- now)
10 meters long x approx. 54cm diameter. Manufactured by Zwaan, Holland
Conceived and manufactured as a limited edition piece of conceptual furniture, this enormous elongated snake form can be playfully manipulated into any configuration as desired. It can function as a sofa; bed or armchair…etc.
Original condition – cotton fabric with polystyrene filling. It has signs of age and use (light staining in places and a few minor holes).
Price: 1,550 euro
Ilmari Tapiovaara (Finland 1914-99)
Solid lacquered pine and beech wood.
A mid-century Scandinavian design set by Illmari Tapiovaara for Laukaan Puu, Finland. This classic ‘Pirkka’ set is composed of a large table, a bench and three chairs.
Designed in 1955 this set is an early production from around the late 1950s-early 1960s. Each piece carries the makers burnished marks alongside the designer’s name.
Price: 4,200 euro
Jan de Jong & Dom Hans vd Laan (Nl. mid 20th century)
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)
Price: 6,790 euro
Midcentury pine bench
A solid pine bench. Designer/maker unknown, possibly of Scandinavian or French origin. It has a constructivist slatted base and three bolted planks as the seat.
h.40cm x w.200cm x d.45cm.
Price: 1,875.00 euro
Oak tea trolley
Unusual wooden tea trolley with a rustic vernacular appeal. The origin is unknown but it could well be Dutch if not of Nordic or French origin.
h.73cm x w.87cm x d.42cm
Price: 590.00 euro
Scandinavian pine coffee table
A robust coffee table in the manner of Roland Wilhelmsson or Sven Larsson. We believe that this minimalist table was most likely manufactured in Sweden, circa 1960s-70s. Original condition with signs of use and age.
h.35.5cm x w.120cm x d.90cm
Price: 825.00 euro
Hans Kögel (Germany mid-c20th)
Unusually large sized gilded metal chandelier with 15 burners.
115cm high x 103cm wide
Price: 2,500.00 euro.
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