A Dutch Art Deco Haagse School (The Hague School) side table, 1920s, in solid oak. Straight and simple modernist design, with two tiers and a square base. The design is reminiscent of the tables by Jan Brunott. This table was most probably made by a local carpenter who was inspired on the Hague School designs of the time.
Funny detail: under the tabletop it's visible that someone has hidden their money/important papers - there are a couple of very old nails with the remains of paper/probably envelopes under them.
Background information The Hague School
In the 1920s, a style of architecture and furniture design emerged in The Hague that would become known as Haagse School. More cubist and functional than the imaginative Amsterdam School style, but with some similarities as well. After the First World War, young designers such as Hendrik Wouda, Frits Spanjaard and J. Brunott developed their own modern interior designs. For inspiration they chose the work of the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright and combined their idiosyncratic preferences with the commercial requirements in furniture design of that time. The result was the now well-known Dutch 'Hague School' style with its recognizable forms and shapes.
