Gino Sarfatti (Italy 1912-85)
Iconic Gino Sarfatti Model 213 wall lamp designed for Arteluce in 1956. Aluminium shade.
A rare classic Italian modernist lamp in all original, vintage used condition.
Price: 6.800 euro
Tag: interiordesign
Heinz Witthoeft (Germany 1935-2021)
Pair of ‘Tail 4’ lounge chairs. 1959. Witthoeft Stuttgart 1960s.
Pine frames with slung leather/hide. 64.5 x 64.5 x 54cm high.
Radical modernist lounge chairs that are almost never to be found as a pair – the ‘Tail 4’ design has an architectural cube frame that each houses a low slung thick leather seat. The combination of a rigid external frame and flexible seat define and enhance the seating experience. (These chairs almost cross over into the realm of sculpture – and as sculptures they pre-date and anticipate some of the later minimalist art of Sol le Wit, Donald Judd or other minimalist artists of the 60s-70s).
Trained at the prestigious Ulm School of Design, Witthoeft embodies the functionalist and minimalist spirit characteristic of German modernism from that era. His varied output as a designer included furniture systems, drawings, photographs, and graphic designs all contributed to his utopian urban vision in Post-war Germany and are embodied in the design of these chairs.
Completely original condition with a distinctive warm patina commensurate with their age.
Price: 9.200 euro (pair)
Alvar Aalto (Finland 1898-1976)
Model 70 two-tier side table. Birch and birch faced plywood.
O.Y. Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas A. B., Turku, Finland.
A classic 1930s-40s early Aalto production circular table. This table is in superb condition, with restored table top and a wonderful honey glazed colour.
Price: 3.200 euro
Dom Hans van der Laan (Netherlands 1904-1991)
Tulip wood with metal work & inset gemstones.
130 x 98 x 95cm high
A large Bossche School alter table. (that can function as a high table like in a kitchen or shop)
Designed by the Dutch Benedictine monk/architect Dom Hans vd Laan. Unlike most of van der Lann’s furniture this piece is decorated with a narrow frieze that goes all around the base section. The metal and stone decorative elements across the side is possibly by Dutch mid-century metal worker Jan Noyons and colour selected by Wim van Hooff. This rare example of Van der Laan’s designs was part of a collection of furniture came from a post-war church in Amstelveen in The Netherlands. The church was subsequently destroyed, and the furniture sold off.
Note: The tabletop and base can be separated for easier transport.
Price: 4.500 euro
Alvar Aalto (Finland 1898-1976)
Manufactured by the firm O.Y. Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas A. B., Turku, Finland. 1930s.
A rare model 21 cantilever chair with a karelian birch moulded plywood seat. Designed in 1933, this is a 1930s chair.
This design by Aalto actualises many of his modern ideals: the object is composed of three shaped components that are free of any ornamentation, and has an easily legible logic to its construction – The design represents Aalto at the height of his creative powers.
The structure of the chair is strong and robust. The surface is a later varnish that has been well aged and used so that it now has a natural age and use related honey-tone patina commensurate with its age. (more detailed photos are available on request)
Price: 8.000 euro
Ingo Maurer (Germany 1932-2019)
Murano glass with brass and metal fittings. Original shades.
69.5cm diameter x 81cm high
Rare pair of very large table or floor lamps. The model name is “Tschung” by Ingo Maurer was produced by M-Design in the 1980s and combines an engraved opaline glass body by Vetri Murano with its original fabric lampshade. Both light sources – the glass body and the shade – can be switched on separately, creating a gentle, interplay of light. One of the lamps is labelled Vetri Murano on one of the glass. An identical model is published in “Ingo Maurer – Designing with Light” by Bernhard Dessecker on page 181 (bottom right). Models of this version very rarely appear on the market – especially with their original large sized shades.
Price: 2.500 euro (pair)
Angelo Lelli (Italy 1911-1979)
Metal structure body with lacquered base with oxidised steel magnetised lamp/ball. 61.5cm high
‘Cobra’ lamp for Arredoluce, Italy. 1962 by Italian light designer and founder of Arredoluce Angelo Lelli.
This table lamp/sculpture model ‘12919’ known as ‘il Cobra’ by the workers at Arredoluce for its association with the form of the snake has pivoting black oxide steel magnetized “eyeball” socket set into what is in effect a midcentury biomorphic standing sculpture.
The quality of manufacture of these lamps is outstanding – they have a good substantial feel and weight to them. This one is completely original and in superb condition (no deterioration of the original finish as is common with these lamps, and with original plug and bulb).
Price: 7.450 euro
Cornelius L. (Cor) Alons (Nl.1892 – 1967)
Oak side table. 75 x 49 x 65cm high. 1920s.
Cor Alons was a Dutch interior, industrial and book cover designer in the early c20th. Like several of the Dutch designers of the era he was inspired by the work of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. In 1923 he established a design agency with designer Frits Spanjaard (1889-1978). Dedicated to the construction and renovation of private houses, the pair belonged to the first generation of interior designers, designing not only furniture, but also the space in which the furniture inhabited. As an advocate for functionalism, Alons often sought out simple furniture with sober forms in his interior design. He preferred clear, simple, and often enduring shapes from dark, mostly valuable, building materials and colours.
Over the course of his career, Alons focused on avant-garde developments in both the Netherlands and abroad, and was a proponent of the De Stijl movement, some elements from which can be seen in his coffee tables, dining chairs, and lounge chairs.
In 1929, Alons was appointed a lecturer at the Department of Furniture Design at the seminal Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague. Under the Bauhaus’ influence, new departments emerged at the Academy, including graphic design, advertising, photography, industrial design, and furniture design.
Although we do not know the maker of this table, it is typical of aesthetic he and Frits Spanjaard brought to Dutch design of the era. It has been fully restored and is in superb condition.
Price: 3.000 euro
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