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Hendrik Fels (Nl.1882-1962)

Oak wood. LOV Oosterbeek 1930s

Recently newly upholstered in a dark/warm coloured wool fabric.

71cm wide x 61cm deep x 79.5cm high (seat height 42cm)

A rare low armchair in the Dutch Art Deco / Modernist style. Designed by architect H.Fels for LOV Oosterbeek (shortening of ‘Labor Omnia Vincit’), an idealistic furniture company active between 1910 and 1935. The aim of the LOV company was to produce honest and modern furniture that was made in an artisanal way.
Designers that worked for the L.O.V. consisted of well known names like Frits Spanjaard, Cor Alons and Jan Muntendam as well as Hendrik (Henk) Fels.

Good restored condition (one repair to a corner split in the back rest)

Price: 1.800 euro

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Pepijn Fabius Clovis (Nl.1996-Now)

Pepijn Fabius is a Dutch contemporary designer who makes furniture and objects which are on the edge of art and design.
Known for his use of ‘waste material’. These chairs are a good example of his design approach. The use of humble materials like left over wood was part of a project instigated by the designer at the start of the Covid years (2020/21). Imperfections are embraced, thus making each design unique – The pieces are labelled by the designer.

Price (from left to right): 1.000 / 900 / 900 euro

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Bruno Gatta (Italy c20th)

An elegant pendant light by Bruno Gatta for Stilnovo. Circa 1950s.

36cm wide x 82cm high (including ceiling fitting)

It has three original lamp fittings and a frosted glass diffuser inside a black lacquered metal ring.

Price: 1.000 euro

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Dutch slatted low bench. Circa 1960s.

200 x 63.5 x 28cm high

A very well made (Solid teak and therefore quite heavy) bench that would work very well as a long bench at the end of a bed or beside a sofa to put books on.

Benches are rarely this large and low – The combination of its scale and weight make this bench a very useable piece of furniture in any modern home.

Price: 1.400 euro

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Shiro Kuramata (Japan 1934-1991)

Model R401 expanded mesh chair. 1986.

Black lacquered steel with rubber armrests.

UMS Pastoe 1980s production.

A set of rare R401 chairs by the Japanese designer Shiro Kuramata. The design of these chairs reflects Kuramata’s interest in transparency and weightlessness . A very striking example of early 1980s Postmodern Japanese design.
By 1985 Pastoe ceased production of all Kuramata designs because of financial restraints. Therefore these chairs were manufactured in very limited numbers.

Ref: Catalogue d’exposition “Shiro Kuramata 1934-1991” Edition Hara Museum of Contemporary Art/ Kuramata Design Office – Tokyo 1996

Price: 4.800 euro (pair)

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Unusual Dutch oak side table. Circa 1950s.

A small simple and stylish oak side table or coffee table.

Original finish with some signs of age and use / marks to top.

Price: 950 euro

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Hendrik (Henk) Wouda (Nl 1885-1946)

Pander & zonen 1920s. Solid coromandel wood with velvet upholstery.

50cm wide x 38cm deep x 49cm high (seat height). Makers label to the underside.

A rare and important Dutch art deco stool by architect and furniture designer Henk Wouda. This stool would have been made as part of a special commissioned interior design.

After 1916 when Wouda returned from the war he established himself as an architect in Den Haag (The Hague) and a year later joined the renowned furniture firm H.Pander & Zn. It was there that he was given the freedom to develop his own monumental style inspired by the work of the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Sleek, austere designs such as this stool are characteristic of this Hague Style also known as Hague Rationalism or the New Hague School.

The stool is a rare find especially as it is completely constructed in solid coromandel wood. The grey/green velvet fabric and upholstery is a later addition to the stool that is fully in keeping with the authenticity of the stool (horsehair filling).

Price: 5.200 euro

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Gianfranco Frattini (Italy 1926-2004)

Cassina model 780/783 stacking tables. Circa 1960s-70s

76cm diameter x 19.5 – 34cm high. Each table has its original Cassina label to the inside.

Rare set of four nesting/ stacking tables that rarely come up for sale in this large and low size. This playful design tables each have a circular formica top that is black on one side and white on the other that allow for multiple set up possibilities as they can be adapted to any interior design.

The larger and lower scale of this set compared to the higher narrower versions gives the design more of a ’70s lounge feel to the design.

Price: 6.900 euro

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