Desk "Spring/Summer" by Valentin Loellmann

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Desk "Spring/Summer" by Valentin Loellmann

About the Item

Deep thoughts contemplated, important speeches composed, business contracts inked and wealth generated or lost - we trust that the surfaces of our desks remain silent. Valentin Loellmann`s new addition to the spring/summer series demands discovery. The clean desk has an almost leathery, pleasing surface, consisting of oak that is charred to black, then waxed and hand-polished until fine grains of oak just barely reappear.The backside surprises: almost invisible, awry metal-plated layers are welded to form a bellied body with a subtile descend into tender hammered legs. The copperered surface has a dim, sometimes green patina with dark edges and corners, where the different sheets of metal adjoin. This reverse side almost seems to resemble the frozen thoughts once contemplated at such desk. Like sheets of paper - conserved for longevity, spines of books melted to a cold continuum it contrasts the comfortable, warm top side. Only a tiny drawer interjects into the fine line where wood and metal meet. A warm and likeable inside, resting on an almost hidden, trustworthy armor of confidential history. This desk is like a silent book. The desk is made to measure and on request. Eight to ten weeks are necessary to produce. Each piece is hand-made, signed, dated and numbered by the designer. This collection is created in exclusivity for Galerie Gosserez. Valentin Loellmann (1983, Germany) grew up in an environment of shared creativity, sparking an artistic drive at a young age. After graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts in Maastricht (NL), Loellmann set up his own studio in Maastricht, from where he has been working on various collections and commissions, steadily gaining international recognition and a global clientele. Whether perceived as an antiquarian, a dreamer, a wood worker, a designer or an artist, Loellmann continuously aims to express the balance and reciprocity between the past and the present, the old and the new, the natural and the artificial.

Creator:
Valentin Loellmann (Designer)
Dimensions:
Height: 30.71 in (78 cm)Width: 55.12 in (140 cm)Depth: 18.12 in (46 cm)
Materials and Techniques:
Oak
Place of Origin:
Netherlands
Period:
21st Century
Date of Manufacture:
2013
Condition:
Seller Location:
Paris, FR
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU10118969536