furniture, art & design
Brutalist / Structuralist chair. Netherlands. Circa 1960s/70s.
Steel & leather/hide.
An interesting architectural chair. Its construction and manufacture lead us to believe that it is possibly a prototype? – Its design reflects the style of post-war structuralist architecture/interiors typical of several Rotterdam architects from the period. (we are still researching the design).
Price: 4,400 euro
Philippe Starck (Fr. 1949-now)
Rare ‘easylight’ Electrorama, Circa 1980.
Floor-neon lamp. Designed around 1977, the edition was for Starck Product or Electrorama circa 1980. Stamped ‘Starck Product’.
Makrolon, polyurethane and fluorescent tube H: 142 cm. (56 inches); D: 6,7cm.(2 3/8in.). The lamp has an inbuilt mercury tilt switch (the lamp lights up when its position is slightly altered)
This lamp was most likely purchased in the Netherlands at De Bijenkorf, circa 1980. Bibliography: J.-F. Grunfeld, M.-L. Jousset, Lumières Je Pense à Vous, exhibition catalog, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, June 3-August 5, 1985, p. 158, n. 282 C. Colin, Starck, Ed Pierre Mardaga, Liège, 1988, p. 274, 278, 296
Price: 5.500 euro
Wim den Boon (Nl. 1912-1968)
Metal frames with original vinyl upholstery.
Rare pair of side chairs by Dutch architect and interior designer Wim den Boon.
Price: 1,500 euro (pair)
Italian oak wood side chair. Circa 1950s.
Italian organic modernist chair. School of Carlo Mollino.
Price: 1,200 euro
Modernist/Art Deco side chairs.
These Dutch oak chairs in the Haagse School (Hague School) style were manufactured in the early c20th circa 1920s-30s.
Price: 1,450 euro (per piece)
White-washed oak with inset strap fabric seat. Circa 1970s.
Modernist side chair with strict geometric construction.
Price: 1,450 euro
Vico Magistretti (Italy 1920-2006)
Black aniline leather corner sofa. Cassina 1970s
A rare model ‘Flandra’ four part sofa manufactured by Cassina, Italy 1970s.
A very comfortable sofa – manufactured to the highest quality.
Price: 4.000 euro
plywood cube sculpture
Minimalist object/artwork composed of a series of six plywood cubes with diagonal divisions inside reminiscent of Donald Judd’s plywood art works. Circa 1980s.
Beautifully crafted, the six cubes are connected by one or two discrete rubber hinges (with a metal bar holding them in place) that enable the cubes to be unfolded vertically or horizontally in one direction along a single plain.
There are a few possible configurations as shown which enable it to be used as a shelving unit (with limited shelving space), a long bench, or simply as a decorative art object…
Each cube 40 x 40 x 40cm
Price: 2,100 euro
