Rare modernist furniture, art & design
20th century
Pair of 1970s Crate chairs manufacture by Gerard A. van de Groenekan. Both with burnished marks below. The chairs were produced by commission from the original owner.
They are in superb condition; both having a thin milky white wax/varnish surface.
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Pair of steel modernist/ minimal stools. 1960s.
The beauty of these stools is both in their simplicity and their detail; the quality of engineering. (more photos available on request). The retain their original cream coloured cushions that clip onto a series of small holes to the steel seats.
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Wim Rijvers (Netherlands, 1927-2010)
Two c20th bronze abstract expressionist sculptures. One is monogrammed by the artist and dated 1980; the other one is believed to have been made a year earlier in 1979.
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A large Bossche School alter table. Designed by the Dutch Benedictine monk/architect Dom Hans vd Laan. The metal and stone decorative elements across the side were believed to have been designed by Wim van Hooff (1918-2002) who was a painter and colour consultant who developed his own colour theories in addition to making an important contribution to the architecture of the Bossche School.
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.
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Low coffee table in wenge wood. The table can easily be dismantled into four parts. Retailed by Metz & Co. in the Netherlands during the 1960s.
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Adjustable desk lamp by Dernier & Hamlyn. Uk. The bulb section can be turned to an upright position. Original paint work although with some scorch marks.
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H.Fillikes (Netherlands mid-c20th)
Very rare Artiforte WL3 wall lamp (the wall lamp version of Fillikes more well-known ‘Magneto lamp’). Like the Magneto lamp, very few were manufactured during a short period of production in the mid-1950s. Excellent condition for its age – all original.
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Anton Cepka (Czech.1936-now)
BROOCH WITH SMOKY QUARTZ GEMSTONE. 1970-1974. Brooch made of silver plate with finely engraved net decoration, set with cabochon-shaped smoky quartz gemstone. Artist’s original by most famous Slovak jeweler Anton Cepka. Ag 900/1000. Total weight 140 g, length 11,6 cm, height 4,7 cm.
Compare with: H. W. Drutt English, P. Dormer, Jewelry of our time. Art, ornament and obsession, London 1995, p. 96. – Á. Schrammová: Anton Cepka – šperky a objekty, in: 53. Bulletin of Moravia Gallery in Brno, Brno 1997, p. 208-210.
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