Oak Art Deco Haagse School Bookcase by Frits Spanjaard for L.O.V. Oosterbeek

Magnificent and ultra rare Art Deco Haagse School magazine stand. Design by Frits Spanjaard for L.O.V. Oosterbeek. Striking Dutch design from the 1920s. Black lacquered wood and s...

Amazing and rare Art Deco Modernist magazine rack. Design by Frits Spanjaard for L.O.V. Oosterbeek. Striking Dutch design from the 1920s. Solid oak and original oak veneered frame...

Stunning and decorative Art Deco Modernist credenza or sideboard. Design by J.A. Muntendam for L.O.V. Oosterbeek. Striking Dutch design from the 1920s. Solid oak with original sol...

Magnificent and rare Art Deco Modernist credenza or sideboard. Design by H. Fels for L.O.V. Oosterbeek. Striking Dutch design from the 1920s. Solid oak base with original black lacqu...

Stunning and rare Art Deco Modernist stool. Design by L.O.V. Oosterbeek. Striking Dutch design from the 1920s. Solid walnut base and re-upholstered with a multicolored Art Deco fa...

Stunning and rare Art Deco Amsterdamse School bookcase. Striking Dutch design from the 1920s. Solid oak and original oak veneer base with original solid padouk decorative elements. O...

Unique and important set from 1920-1925. Stunning The Hague School desk and matching bookcase. Both these pieces come with the original LOV Oosterbeek ...

This unique architect's desk was designed by Frits Spanjaard in 1932. With its generous proportions, striking asymmetry, contrasting woods and the large knobs in solid Macassar ebony, the desk can be considered as an important example of the Haagse School (The Hague School) style. The desk has four large drawers on the right, which can be simultaneously locked with a single key. The interior on the left features six drawers and additional storage, and can be locked altogether as well. Particularly noteworthy are the four cleverly incorporated pull-out shelves of different dimensions creating additional space: two on the front, one on the right side and one large shelf on the back side. The desktop is executed in dark stained oak and features a dark grey leather insert. in 1932, the prosperous Van Stolk & Reese company commissioned Spanjaard to design the interior and furniture of their offices located on the Ceintuurbaan in Rotterdam. This custom desk was most likely designed for the office of the company’s director, which was designed by Spanjaard in a radically modernist way, combining his own sumptuous designs with the functionalist tubular steel furniture made by W.H. Gispen. Between 1925 and 1935 the work of Spanjaard was strongly connected to the Haagse School movement of which he’d become a main proponent. This style was not so much inspired by the Classic European Art Deco capitals such as Paris and Vienna but more by other national and international architectural developments such as the work of Frank Lloyd Wright. The influential magazine Wendingen published a series of articles on Wright still relatively unknown at the time in 1925 and the renowned architect Jan Wils also played an important role in the orientation towards Wrights work in The Netherlands. In its particular application of geometric shapes, primary colours and its sophisticated cubist division of the surface, the Haagse School designers were also aware of De Stijl movement, lead by contemporaries such as Gerrit Rietveld and Piet Mondriaan. At the same time the geometry, the harmonious proportions and the understated decorations were primarily based on the rationalist design principles of H.P. Berlage, who would later become one of Spanjaard’s clients himself. Design had to meet the functional demands of the user but purely utilitarian ideas were certainly not the most important. Due to his frequent travels to Germany, Spanjaard was also familiar with the designs of Marcel Breuer and Mies van der Rohe, especially appreciating the simplicity and purity of their designs. Biography Frits Spanjaard (1889-1978) started his career as the artistic director of the LOV furniture...

Art Deco blonde oak bookcase, cabinet, or vitrine from the 1930s, designed by distinguished English furniture maker Heals. The handsome breakfront top is surmounted by a carved friez...

Bookcase by Russian designer Dmitry Samygin Oak, stain glass and brass Measures: 190 cm x 106 cm x 39 cm After studying Applied Arts at the National University of Art and Indu...

Art Deco bookcase in very good original condition.

In a Louis XVI style, with 4 sliding upper glass doors and 4 sliding lower plain wood doors and its original cornice (removable).