Pair of Dutch circa 1940s cherry and oak wood benches with superb all original patina.
186.5cm wide x 33.5cm deep x 48cm high
A pair of simple and attractive benches. Oak boards on cherry wood X-frame legs. The thin oak and peg constructed base gives these benches an elegant modernist appeal. The best aspect of these benches is their warm period patina – It shows just the perfect degree of age and use. They are stable and ready for use. (We also have a matching table – available)
Cassina ‘crate’ table. Early edition – late 70s/early 80s.
beech wood. 174.5 x 97.5 x 71cm high.
The original Crate Series were designed by Gerrit Rietveld in 1934 and sold mainly through the warehouse Metz &Co. The furniture was described in the store’s advertising as “weekend furniture,” suitable for “weekend houses, sunrooms, student and children’s rooms“.
This table or desk is a late 1970s or early 1980s Cassina edition. It has a very low manufacturers number (31) stamped on the underside next to the Cassina mark.
Oak Model AT 310 Extendable Dining Table by Hans J. Wegner for Andreas Tuck, 1960s
A dining table designed by Hans Wegner in 1955. This classic piece of Danish modernism: simple and understated.
Included are two extension leaves that can be stored at the underside of the table. (each leaf is 40 cm wide so it is 160cm wide without the additional leaves) The table is fully marked at the underside. Andreas Tuck, Denmark.
Table: 130 x 78 x 74cm high Benches: 124 x 42 x 43cm high
Two long benches and table by renowned Swedish design Gilbert Marklund. The table is the rarer larger version of the design that can seat up to four people.
The desirable aspect of this set is that it is in unrestored condition with all its original patina. (The table has a few ring and burn marks to the top).
A rare first steel edition of the ‘Less’ table by Jean Nouvel (later editions were in aluminium and lighter). The table was originally designed for Foundation Cartier office in Paris.
The top has a distinctive sunken underside, not seen when viewed from above – the result is the illusion of a wafer thin top supported by four thin legs.
Original lacquered surface in anthracite metallic grey/silver colour. In good condition – some minor scratches. The legs can be unscrewed from the top.
’t Spectrum Bergeyk 1988. Model TE20. Aluminium and lacquered steel.
Rare modernist table designed by Martin Visser and Joke van der Heyden. This particular table appears to come from a small test series (or one of a series of prototypes whereby Visser was still experimenting with the design – there are some quite primitive connections and test holes where you can see Visser grappling with the design).
These first tables have a slightly different build than the later production tables; they do not have the rubber connections between the top and leg structures that the later tables had – Instead the illusion of the top floating above the base is created by incorporating a slight gap between the top and base sections. The same illusion is created at the base of the legs where a single rubber beyond view creates the illusion of the whole table floating slightly above the floor.
The booklet entitled ‘Martin Visser, collected work‘ contains a full description of the creation of the TE20.
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