ON HOLD: Dutch Art Deco Amsterdam School occasional table, 1920s

A Dutch Art Deco good sized elegant occasional table or side table in oak and black laquered balls for feet. An very nice accent piece in interesting, eclectic interiors. It is a well made table with marvellous details. It has small signs of age and wear, constistent with its age (made in the 1920s).

The style is recognizable as Amsterdam School with the black ball/bullet decorations and the sculptural, organic shape in the design.

Background information Amsterdam School

''The Amsterdam School'' stands for the Dutch architectural movement that flourished between 1910 and 1940. The movement influenced other art forms such as sculpture, furniture design and urban planning. Some characteristics of the Amsterdam School include:

Expressionist and organic shapes, decorative sculptural elements and a focus on craftsmanship.

The Amsterdam School movement is seen as a very important chapter in Dutch architectural history and to this day a very recognizable and beloved style worldwide.

''Amsterdam School'' is a collective name for the exuberant, imaginative and innovative design style from the period 1910-1930 by a diverse group of Dutch architects, interior designers and sculptors. Influential architects and designers include Michel De Klerk, Hildo Krop, Piet Kramer en J.M. van der Meij.

The Amsterdam School embodies several contradictions. It is an architecture that is instantly recognisable yet difficult to define. It celebrates the communal and the social yet gives almost infinite room for individual expression. It can look hyper-modern yet curiously medieval. And, at its most creative, it can be utterly, infectiously bizarre.

Amsterdam School architects designed a lot of exteriors and interiors in Amsterdam, but the style spreaded further all around the Netherlands. The Hague has its own variant, called The Hague School.