furniture, art & design
1920s Dutch Art Deco/machine age desk chair.
Fully adjustable – it can swivel or be height adjusted to suit.
Mahogany and coromandel woods with original leather upholstery (and a cast iron mechanism)
High quality desk chairs like this are hard to find – Attractive patina, it would look great with a period desk in an office or library space.
Price: 1.900 euro
1970s large abstract Brutalist sculpture. Painted carved wood and steel.
Unsigned.
58 x 26 x 72cm high.
Price: 2.300 euro
Large Art Deco desk
A high quality 1930s French double-sided desk.
Original key and lockable four drawers. 170 x 75 x 75cm high.
Price: 3.500 euro
Wim den Boon (Nl. 1912-68)
A small wall mounted oregon pine desk (ladies desk) with accompanying drawer unit.
128 x 39.5 x 72cm high
Designed and made to commission for a private residence in Laren, NL in the 1960s (Like much of den Boon’s work this item documented at the Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam). It was initially designed to work as a vanity unit, although nowadays can be used as a neat little desk.
Purchased from its initial owner who commissioned it amongst other furniture specifically for their home.
Between the 1950s & 60s, Dutch designer and architect Wim den Boon was at the height of his powers. His success alongside other designers as ‘Group &’ (including Hein Stolle, etc.) and later with Goed Wonen lay in the fact that his purist design of the interiors and furniture fitted in seamlessly with the functionalist design of the late thirties. (Goed Wonen was a foundation and leading magazine formed after the war with the aim of “raising the standard of living in the Netherlands by improving home furnishings in the broadest sense of the word…”)
Den Boon wrote several articles for Goed Wonen – His articles are almost without exception educational, presenting readers sometimes quite forcibly with the liberating nature of the new design. His polemical character, stubbornness, and especially the strongly didactic tone of his articles was too much for many employees and readers of Goed Wonen and in 1950 the editors forced him to resign. It was also around 1950 that he broke his relationship with ‘Groep &’ and established himself as an independent interior designer in The Hague. From then on, his interior designs are increasingly characterised by a very careful treatment of the space that can be very strict, deliberate, and sober but also highly refined. Throughout this golden period of the 50s-60s, an extensive oeuvre was created, varying from small renovations and furniture designs to complete new construction projects for private individuals such as those who commissioned this piece.
This is a unique piece of Dutch mid-century modern design history (please note that we are also selling other items that came out of the same house)
Minor superficial wear and tear. A scratch to the top of the drawer unit and some minor discolouring.
Price: 1.500 euro
Philippe Starck (Fr.1949-Now)
Early edition Wendy Wright chair for Disform, 1986. Grey coated steel.
A balanced architectural chair composed of primary geometric shapes.
Price: 1.875 euro
Willem Penaat (Nl. 1875-1957)
Metz & Co., (Attrib.) 1920s-30s
Early modernist free standing bookshelf unit with two adjustable internal shelves. Painted wood. Original red & black paint work. The white has a later overpaint. Some wear & tear commensurate with age.
Price: 1,375 euro
Circa 1930s-40s table / desk
99.5 x 62 x 74.5cm high / solid oak construction.
Dutch oak constructivist table. A simple designed small side table (or desk) that combines classical and geometric block components to form a bold design table with quite an architectural feel to it.
There are some old marks and patina from years of use, but overall it is in good solid condition.
Price: 895 euro
Arik Levy (Israel 1963- now)
Minimalist Slim Shell Dining Chairs by Arik Levy for Ligne Roset, 2000s.
A very rare set of minimalist chairs designed in 2000 by Arik Levy for Ligne Roset. These innovative chairs would have been produced in very limited numbers in the early 2000s and rarely come on to the market for sale. They are made from aluminium tube frames and dibond aluminium sheets for the seats. Examples of the chairs are in the collection of the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Each chair is fully labelled.
Price: 2,200 euro (set of 4)
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