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Period: 1950s
Creator: Cees Braakman
Cees Braakman EU01 Japanese Series desk Pastoe The Netherlands 1958
By Cees Braakman, Pastoe
Located in Etten-Leur, NL
Beautiful shaped writing desk model EU01 of the Japanese Series designed by Cees Braakman for Pastoe, The Netherlands 1958. This minimalistic desk is made of teak wood and has a blac...
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Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Cees Braakman for Pastoe Desk in Teak and Metal
By Cees Braakman, Pastoe
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Cees Braakman for Pastoe, desk, teak, brushed metal, The Netherlands, 1950s.
Modest designed desk by Dutch designer Cees Braakman for Pastoe. The table top and drawer compartment are executed in teak. Curved plywood is used to furnish the inner part of the three different drawers, each with a metal handle. A modern exterior...
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Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Japan Series Writing Desk EU02 in Teak by Cees Braakman for Pastoe, Netherlands
By Cees Braakman, Pastoe
Located in Halle, DE
Teak desk from the 1950s, designed by Cees Braakman manufactured by Pastoe, Netherlands.
Blackend steelframe with suspended teakchests. 5 drawers, 1-drawer for hanging files.
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Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
Birch Mid-Century Modern Hairpin Desk or Writing Table by Cees Braakman Pastoe
By Cees Braakman, Pastoe
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stunning and rare Mid-Century Modern desk or writing table.
Design by Cees Braakman for Pastoe.
Striking Dutch design from the 1950s.
Elegant birch frame with original lacquered door...
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Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Desks and Writing Tables
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Metal
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UMS Pastoe b.v. is a Dutch furniture manufacturer from Utrecht, which designs and produces furniture under the Pastoe brand name. This company was founded on April 13, 1913 in Utrecht as UMS, which stood for Utrechtse Machinale Stoel- en Meubelfabriek. The name Pastoe comes from "passe partout" and was added to the name after the Second World War
Well-known designs are the wire steel chair SM05 by Cees Braakman and Adriaan Dekker, the cabinets by Aldo van den Nieuwelaar and Vision by Karel Boonzaaijer and Pierre Mazairac. Pastoe has worked with graphic designers such as Dick Bruna and Benno Premsela, photographers such as Ed van der Elsken and Cas Oorthuys and designers such as Shiro Kuramata, Shigeru Uchida, Maarten Van Severen and Vincent van Duysen.
Frits Loeb founded the factory in 1913 under the name Utrechtse Machinale Stoel- en Meubelfabriek (UMS). This was located at Oosterkade 30 in Utrecht. The furniture that was produced was initially intended for his store at the Ganzenmarkt in Utrecht, but soon it was sold at various points of sale in the Netherlands.
When the space on the Oosterkade had become too small, the factory moved around 1918 to the building of the former Tegelfabriek 'Holland' on the Rotsoord. Since 2016, the factory has been on the Tugboat in Houten.
UMS focused on the general public with its furniture. Business manager and designer Dirk Lubertus Braakman varied on the designs of the Amsterdam school. Although the business design style did not suit the taste of the general public, UMS continued to engage in innovative design, with influences from Scandinavia and art deco.
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