Jan de Jong – [merzbau]

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

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Dom Hans van der Laan (NL 1904-1991)

Early desk
This desk was made for a private residence in the Netherlands in the 1971. It were commissioned as part of a complete interior refurbishment by Bossche School architects Louis de Kok/Fons Vermeulen. The olive colour wash was conceived by the artist Wim van Hooff whose colour schemes were utilised by many Bossche School designs during the mid century period.
The desk is particularly rare being that it is one of a limited number of vd Laan’s designs that were applied to domestic rather than ecclesiastical environments.
_Full provenance available

Prices: Desk: 12,000 euro (Stool: SOLD)

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