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Jan de Jong (Nl 1917-2001) / Dom Hans van der Laan

Rare Bossche School bench for Vincentius Church, Netherlands. 1964.

162.5 x 45 x 52.5cm high.

Early design bench (1964, Netherlands) by Jan de Jong, the Dutch Bossche School architect and protegé of the Dutch Benedictine monk and architect Dom Hans v.d. Laan. The bench was made for and used in the Vincentius a Paulo church in Eindhoven; an important early example of Bossche School architecture by De Jong.

The installation of the furniture for the church was made under the supervision of Dom Hans v.d. Laan. Essentially it was through these early Jan de Jong projects that Dom Hans v.d. Laan was able to witness the realisation of his complex design ideas and beliefs for what was possibly one of the first times.

Price: 5.500 euro

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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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