Stam armchairs

Mart Stam (Nl 1899-1986)

Model A3-1 armchairs. Circa 1950s. Goed wonen.

Rare pair of armchairs designed by Dutch modernist architect and furniture designer.

Rexine/ vinyl upholstery with oak frames.

Price: 1.850 euro (pair)

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monotube chair

Wim van den Bergh (Nl.c20th)

chromed steel tube with leather slung seat. 48.5 wide x 67 deep x 73cm high.

Wim van den Bergh is an architect, writer, and professor of Housing and Design at RWTH Aachen.

An 80s homage to early modernism this is a highly elegant and rare chair: Only 30 examples of this chair were ever produced (by hand) of which the first prototype was commissioned by Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam in 1981.

Price: 4.500 euro

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Library storage unit

A wooden library / shelving unit.

1960s/70s. Teak veneer.

150 x 64 x 79.5cm high

Originally designed by Bauhaus architect Walter Gropius in the 1930s as a newspaper storage cabinet, this version was manufactured in small numbers in Italy in the 1960s (maker unknown).
Please note that this is a solid and well made item that is heavy (note: it can not be dismantled).

Price: 2.700 euro

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Philippe Starck (Fr.1949-Now)

Early edition Wendy Wright chair for Disform, 1986. Grey coated steel.

A balanced architectural chair composed of primary geometric shapes.

Price: 1.875 euro

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Butterfly stool

Sori Yanagi (Jap.1915-2011)

Rosewood veneer/plywood with brass fittings

Classic ‘Butterfly’ stool. Manufactured by Tendo Mokko, circa 1970s.

It has production numbers stamped into the underside and the measurements conform to the slightly smaller Japanese scale.

42 x 30.5 x 39cm high.

Price: 1.800 euro

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Alvar Aalto (Finland 1898-1976)

Four early production model 60 stools.

Birch wood / 1930s for Finmar UK.

Rare set of classic Scandinavian modernist stools. These three-legged stacking stools have a superb colour and patina. One stool has its Finmar label (writing has worn off) and on one stool it can be seen that there was once a label (the other two do not have labels).

Price: 5.200 euro (set of four)

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Large Dogon scale. Circa 1930s-40s.

210cm high (mounted on steel plate base)

A superb example of an African Dogon tribal ladder/scale. This example is believed to have been made in Mali from the early to mid-twentieth century.
Traditionally the African Dogon ladder was used by the Dogon people to access the upper levels of granaries, climb onto the flat roofs of houses, and bridge clefts in cliffs.

Its repeated forms give it the aesthetic quality of a modernist sculpture.

Price: 2.600 euro

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