A Dutch Art Deco Haagse School (The Hague School) coffee table, 1920s, in solid oak. Straight and simple modernist design, with two tiers and black stained details at the leg ends. What sets the design of this piece apart, is that the tablelegs are flared and the lower tier is slightly wider then the upper tier. It gives the piece a bit of a different look and also makes it a very sturdy and stable table. Condition is good, small signs of wear. The table has a vivid wood grain all over and around the rim.
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.
Creator
Unknown
Design Period
1920s
Production Period
1920s
Country of Manufacture
Netherlands
Identifying Marks
No
Style
Dutch Art Deco, Haagse School, Modernist
Detailed Condition
Good
Product Code
0286
Restoration and Damage Details
Has been freshly waxed with a transparant, professional French wax. Can easily be removed to change colour or apply a different kind of finish.
