Furniture

Table lamp model 600C designed by Italian lighting master Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce in 1966. This is an early edition Arteluce, however the labels were often polished off The ...

Rare Catalogue Raisonne of Belgian Artist PANAMARENKO about impudent collages, trembling artists and a snap of the fingers. About smokescreens, specificity and form. In which the re...

Super rare and important set of three "IJHORST" tables designed by important COBRA group artist and visionary Situationist group founding member ,artist and architect Constant van Ni...

A set of nesting tables in a Brutalist Belgian 1970s style  The frames are made of solid steel and the tops all have ceramic artwork tiles with geometric symbols imbedded in concr...

Unique drinking table and stools manufactured by Emsla in Germany in the 1970s. This 'Whiskey Barrel' set consisting of a table with 4 stools 1 of the 4 stools has a pressed sty...

This is an original panel from a marvellous piece of architecture build for the 1958 World Expo that was held in Brussel Belgium from 2004 to 2006 a renovation of this landmark started and all the exterior aluminum panels where replaced This panel has been rescued and turned into an artwork by 'Fred & Francine' in 2005 The 58 World Expo was an important event after world war II and all world countries...

This vintage solid beech slab has been reclaimed from a rustic coffee table from the 1960s The wood slab has been sandblasted and heat treated first in a 120 degrees celsius oven ...

This unique woven Lumalasch lighting sculpture is by Dutch artist and designer Henk Stallinga and is from an unique edition of four pieces ever produced. This series was made in 1...

This pair of 1950's 'cocktail' chairs has been custom upholstered with exclusive and bespoke old stock fabric by Gianni Versace A unique pair of side chairs with the flamboyant ap...

Wonderfully decorative vintage Italian brass framed mirror attributed to designer Luciano Frigerio. Featuring a sculptural form comprising three non concentric brass circles formed...

An impressive purple Murano bubble glass vase has been transformed to a lamp base This Italian 60's lamp can be used as large table lamp or...

Pair of solid Pinewood from stools from the 1970s with great vintage character and age and look Nicely carved detailed round seating and 4 legs ...

Lovely set of six 'S11' dining chairs in authentic leather with solid italian walnut wood frames by Italian master architect Angelo Mangiarotti , the chairs were produced by the com...

Stunning and super rare triptych of jewel like appliques finished in plexiglass and brass attributed to Angelo Lelli for Arredoluce, circa 1956. These appliques feature a stunning suprematist/constructivist style art form showing the influence of artists such as Malevitch, El Lissitsky...

This bamboo & cane hanging chair was produced by Rohe in Noordwolde The Netherlands. Noordwolde a town in the north east of Holland became the hear...

A large 1950s Italian white opaline glass pendant suspended from a steel wire In the style of Venini with a typical organic 1950s design...

Rare complete set of three nesting tables designed by French artist Max Sauze and produced by Groupe S.A France,circa 1970. The structure is made of chromed steel rod and all tabl...

Super rare and impressive pair of large cotton ''gordijnstof' curtains, designed in 1963 by world renowned Dutch painter and sculptor Karel Appel (1921-2006) for the textile company Hermann Hartman & Co of Amsterdam. This extremely rare, original repeat print textile is documented in the Stedelijk museum's textile collection under object nubmer KNA 1998, please see image 2. Each curtain measures 56.7" X 83.85" (144cm X 213cm). 'Gordijnstof' translates as "curtain fabric" confirming that this textile was originally designed by Appel specifically for use as curtains however being of such an impressive dimension these examples could equally be used as wall hangings ,as photographed, or mounted on both sides of a screen or mounted and framed as an art work in its own right , a practice which is becoming increasingly commonplace as high end textile designs by important artists are becoming increasingly valued , appreciated and sought after in the marketplace. Appel's paintings and sculptures can be found in the collections of some of the world's most prominent museums including the Museum of Modern art in New York and Tate Modern ,London. Each curtain is of a very impressive scale with each measuring 56.7 " (144 cm) X 83.85" (213cm). The curtains are signed on the banding KUNSTENAAR DESSIN ONTWERP Karel Appel, HARTMAN PRINT, AMSTERDAM. Another of Appel's designs for Hermann Hartman,Amsterdam can be found in the collection of the national textile museum in Holland. Please see image 9. Even a small sample of this 1963 textile in good condition would be hard to find today but to find two large scale Appel curtains intact and in beautiful unfaded condition with no staining or fraying must be next to unique today. This is a very rare find and certainly a unique opportunity. Image 10 shows Karel Appel in his atelier in New York in 1966. Provenance: These curtains come from the private collection of a retired Professor from Oxford,UK. Biography: Karel Appel was an Expressionist Dutch painter. He was a member of the famous Cobra, the European group of the late 1940s to early 1950s, which promoted spontaneous expressionism and abstract features in painting. Appel's paintings incorporate applications of vibrant, violent colors often possessing a primal, childlike quality or a schizophrenic innocence. Later in life, Appel turned to creating figurative sculptures. Examples of his work can be seen in the Museum of Modern Art, New York City, Boymans-Van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, and other collections. Expressionist painter Karel Appel made a name for himself in the world of painting by creating a majestic collection of highly distinguishable work for which he became internationally renowned. From the start, art curators could not ignore Appel's work, which has been exhibited at major museums around the world, including New York's Museum of Modern Art, the Manhattan-based Guggenheim Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Tate Gallery in London. Though Appel is widely recognized as one of the best-known Dutch Expressionist painters of all time, he was also a passionate printmaker, sculptor, and ceramicist. Karel Appel’s childhood and early life Christiaan Karel Appel was born on April 25, 1921, in his parents’ house at 7 Dapperstraat, Amsterdam. His father, Jan Appel, owned a barbershop. His mother, born Johanna Chevalier, was a descendant of French Huguenots. Karel Appel had three brothers. He studied art from 1940 to 1943 at the Rejksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, the Royal Academy of Fine Arts during the German occupation and befriended young painter Corneille and, some years later, Constant. His parents opposed his choice to become an artist, leading him to leave home. This was also necessary to hide himself from the German police so that he would not be picked up and sent to Germany to work in the weapon industry. Appel produced his first real painting on canvas, which was a still life of a fruit basket at the age of fourteen. On his fifteenth birthday, his wealthy uncle Karel Chevalier gave him a paint set and an easel and some lessons on painting. Career. In 1946, his first solo show was held in Groningen, Netherlands. He also participated in the Jonge Schilders exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum of Amsterdam nd created a buzz in the art world, as it generated a huge scandal and many objections in the press and public. About this time, Appel was influenced first by Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, then by the French brute-art artist Jean Dubuffet. In 1947, he started sculpting with various used materials and painted them in bright colors such as white, red, yellow, blue and black. Karel Appel became the member of Nederlandse Experimentele Group in Holland along with the young Dutch painters Anton Rooskens...

Super rare and important custom "IJHORST" table with special artisan made glass top designed by important COBRA group artist and visionary Situationist group founding member, artist ...

Very nice engineered and constructed pair of Dutch lounge chairs that are most likely a design by Martin Visser or Hein Stolle for 't Spectrum early 1960s. The frames are made of ...

Artimeta was the Dutch distributor of Mategot products in the 1950s. This illuminated mirror was clearly influenced by the works of Mategot.

These chairs where commissioned by Dutch architect Sjoerd Schamhart in 1953 for the Grotius Lyceum (school) that is now classified as a national monument in ...

Rare Dutch coffee table produced by Gebroeders De Wit, Schiedam In the 1930's the 2 brothers (gebroeders) Toon & Martien de Wit worked for Gispen who was at that time the biggest ...

A very unusual articular desk lamp by Swiss manufacturer BAG TURGI AG. The shade can be adjusted to different (vertical only) angles of height by the ball joint in the back of the...

Note: This coatrack was exhibited at the ''From the Guggenheim collection to the Cobra Museum Amstelveen'' exhibition until August 2014. More information check www.cobra-museum.nl This is the highly sought, earliest production variant, of the first edition of the famous 1954 noteladder coatrack by Dutch designer Coen de Vries. The very first batches of this design were supplied with one piece colored bent wire...

Set of 4 glass and brass anodised aluminium pendants by Raak Lighting Architecture Amsterdam first listed in their catalogue in 1966 and only in production for 3 years The pendant...

A top quality manufactured desk lamp by Dutch designer H. Fillekes who worked for Rotterdam based lighting company Artiforte A nickel plated sculptured tripod base holds a grey e...

A very nice Italian 1950's chandelier with 3 opaline glass tube shaped diffusers and brass details.