furniture, art & design
Kwok Hoi Chan (HK 1939-1990)
Rare sz15 lounge chair for ‘t Spectrum 1973.
This sculptural chair was manufactured for a short period during which time it is believed that around only 100 of the chairs were manufactured. This one was purchased from the first owner and is in superb original condition with only minimal signs of age and use.
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Tubular steel and thick leather 72x90x68cm
Price: 3.600 euro
Martin Visser (Nl. 1922-2009)
Rare SE20 chair manufactured by ’t Spectrum Bergeyk 1980s. This late experimental Visser design from 1988 was only manufactured as a very limited production (20 or so?) making it a real collector or museum piece and prime example of Dutch postmodern design. It was manufactured in various colourways – this chair is a vibrant cobalt blue.
In superb hardly used condition.
See: Boijmans Museum collection / literature: ‘tSpectrum Moderne meubelvormgeving en naoorlogs idealisme. Uitgeverij 010, Rotterdam 2002.
Price: 3.950 euro
Francis Jourdain /attributed (Fr.1876-1958)
A rare three position lounge chair and ottoman/footstool attributed to Francis Jourdain, 1920s.
This design stands out for its curved lines and the three-position system that allows the seat and backrest to be tilted. Nicely executed out of pear wood and woven cane seat and back.
Price: 6.850 euro
Delft School bench
200 x 44.5 x 65.5cm high (seat height 43cm)
A stylish Delft School small oak bench / School of M.J. Granpré Molière or A.J. Kropholler .
Traditionalism in the Netherlands emerged shortly after the First World War. It was not so much a style as more of an attitude among architects who, in response to Functionalism and the Expressionism of the Amsterdam School, rediscovered the purity and simplicity of traditional country architecture. Under the leadership of M.J. Granpré Molière, professor at the Technical University in Delft from 1924 until 1953, many of these architects gathered in a movement which after World War Two became known as the Delftse School (‘Delft School’). Granpré Molière’s ideas include a preference for tidy brickwork, a minimal use of decorations, the inspiration taken from national architectural traditions and the use of ‘honest’ (i.e. traditional and natural) materials.
https://www.archimon.nl/history/traditionalism.html
It is easy to comprehend how subsequent Dutch design evolved into an even more simplified and pared-down version of such furniture as this. There are clear visual similarities to Rietveld or De Stijl.
Price: 2.400 euro
Mart Stam (Nl 1899-1986)
Model A3-1 armchairs. Circa 1950s. Goed wonen.
Rare pair of armchairs designed by Dutch modernist architect and furniture designer.
Rexine/ vinyl upholstery with oak frames.
Price: 1.850 euro (pair)
Wim van den Bergh (Nl.c20th)
chromed steel tube with leather slung seat. 48.5 wide x 67 deep x 73cm high.
Wim van den Bergh is an architect, writer, and professor of Housing and Design at RWTH Aachen.
An 80s homage to early modernism this is a highly elegant and rare chair: Only 30 examples of this chair were ever produced (by hand) of which the first prototype was commissioned by Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam in 1981.
Price: 4.500 euro
Impressive pair of large Art Deco armchairs. Circa 1940s.
These stylish armchairs were fully refurbished around the 1990s – This includes a few new parts and a full re-upholstery in the highest quality soft terracotta leather. Very comfortable, they have soft down filled feather cushions and deep sprung bases.
Price: 4.250 euro
Ilmari Tapiovaara (Finland 1914-1999)
Pine and lacquered birch wood. Stamped with makers markings.
One has an original De Bijenkorf Amsterdam price tag /label taped to the underside.
Rare pair of ‘Pirkka’ low lounge chairs. Designed in 1955 and unlike other models model was never put back into production. These two are in superb condition – all original. Rare chairs and real collectors pieces.
Price: 5,500 euro (pair)
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