Rare modernist furniture, art & design
Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret & Charlotte Perriand
Cassina. 1960s
Early numbered LC1 chair designed by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand and manufactured by Cassina, Italy 1960. The LC1 is an icon and was originally designed in 1928 and was produced by Cassina from the 1960s. This is a very early production number 1509, which relates to the first productions by Cassina in the 1960s. Impressed signature, model number and production number.
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Oswald Vermaercke (attrib.)
A large double sided desk. One side of the desk has a sliding door below a low standing shelf and the other side of the desk has five pull out drawers.
This desk has been attributed to the Belgian designer Oswald Vermaercke in that it has clear similarities to Vermaercke’s ‘Oslo’ desk for V-Form from the same period. It is possibly a variation on the design or is an earlier prototype?
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Theo de Wit (Nl. early c.20th)
Modernist cantilever chair by Dutch designer Theo de Wit for EMS Overschie. The design would have only been manufactured for a short period in the mid 1930s. It is n all original condition with just one small veneer repair to the front edge of the plywood seat.
Ref: 1/ Metal Tubular Chairs P.43 / 2/Bierens de Haan ‘Schoonheid van het Moderne Binnenhuis’ 1830s.
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Tjalling Idenburg (Dutch 1947-2007)
Dutch designer and sculptor Tjalling Idenburg (1947-2007) taught at the TU in Delft in the Industrial Design department, as coordinator of “Products and Prototyping” in the master’s programmes. It was in this area that he was active as a furniture designer and sculptor in the fields of minimal art and spatial design.
This chair labelled with the designers name and the date 1983 is believed to be from a very limited production/ or possibly a prototype for UMS Pastoe. Condition A/F. ~ It would benefit from some care and attention.
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Wim den Boon (Dutch 1912-1968)
A very rare piano stool by Dutch architect and interior designer Wim den Boon. This stool was designed as part of a complete interior in the late 50s. The only other one we know of was a white version owned by Den Boon for his own use (documented in the Den Boon archive at the NI in Rotterdam). Full provenance is available.
In 1945 Den Boon founded ‘Groep &’ together with Hein Stolle and Pierre Kleykam’. The group’s ambition was to continue the purist and functionalist prewar ideals and aesthetic into the postwar period, or ‘reconstruction period’ in The Netherlands. Many of the group’s designs can be seen in the Goed Wonen magazine of which Den Boon was the editorial secretary from 1948-1950 and for which he wrote several articles.
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Wim den Boon (Dutch 1912-1968)
Steel frame and sheet glass.
This table designed in 1950 was made for a private residence in the Netherlands. The concept and plans for the table can be found in the archive of Den Boon’s work in the NAi archives in Rotterdam.
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Wim van Gelderen (Dutch Mid-c20th)
Rare and important table for ‘t Spectrum.
35 x 90 x 34 cm (HxWxD)
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A simple African chair constructed of two sections.
88.5 high x 100 deep x 39.5cm wide.
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