Amsterdam School Hall Bench, the Netherlands, 1930s

Absolutely stunning Amsterdam School coffee table in mahogany and coromandel from the 1930s, The Netherlands. This table has four legs that are nicely decorated also with the well-kn...

Round Amsterdam School side table in oak.This side table from the Amsterdam School period is made of oak and is generously decorated with many wood carvings. It is a striking piece t...

Round Amsterdam School side table in oak. A very pleasant looking side table made in Amsterdam School style, and completely original. This item is simple but at the same time a styli...

Amsterdam School round side table in oak and macassar.This side table has the eclectic character of the Amsterdam School, which is regarded as the Dutch exponent of Art Deco. Organic...

These high-back chairs are the epitome of Amsterdam School style - a perfect blend of functionality and aesthetics. With their beautiful patina and color shades, these chairs exude e...

The Hague School originated as a variant of the Amsterdam School and is less frivolous and exuberant. That doesn't mean it lacks beauty. It is characterized by more angular shapes an...

FRITS SCHLEGEL & FRITZ HANSEN - SCANDINAVIAN MODERN A beautiful and rare sofa bench by Frits Schlegel and manufactured by Fritz Hansen, 1940, with maker's brass plaque and paper lab...

A large-scale English wood-carved hall bench with high back from the mid 20th century. This vintage bench from England is impressively sized at ov...

Sculptural Amsterdamse School Bench; The Netherlands; Pine; 1920s; This pine bench in Amsterdamse School style was created in the Netherlands in the 1920s. A rare piece that is a ...

American tiger maple bench, great for hall way bench or bench at foot of bed. Seat height could be adjusted depending on the height of the cushion on...

Magnificent and rare Art Deco Haagse School bench or sofa. Design by Anton Lucas Leiden. Striking Dutch design from the 1920s. Oak frame with ebony Macassar lining. Re-upholstere...

This 1930s Italian bench is so over-scaled, and monumental in appearance, that it seems to have been made for the large room it was destined, rather than the comfort of a typical sitter. As such, it would function equally well as a low side table or a high cocktail table. We’ll allow the buyer to determine its use. The designer was Pierluigi Colli, and the fabricator Martinotti, the Turin furniture and interior decorating firm that was established in 1831, and exhibited at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition and the 1904 St Louis World’s Fair. Colli’s family owned a textile company that supplied Martinotti with upholstery fabrics, suggesting nepotism had something to do with his being hired as the firm's director in 1926. Nevertheless, he proved himself worthy as a designer and a businessman. Having studied in Paris at the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs, he befriended leading French designers, and arranged for Martinotti to retail Lalique glass and Jean Perzel lighting. In addition, the quality of their work, and Colli’s dedication to the modern design movement, prompted Carlo Mollino, Gio Ponti, and Gino Levi-Montalcini, among others, to have Martinotti fabricate some of their furniture. Colli’s claim to fame, however, is his own work as a designer, and his ability to master the vocabularies of every trend from Art Deco to midcentury modern. During the Great Depression, when nearly every nation floundered economically, fascist Italy...