Gerrit Rietveld Style Military Table Dinning Base

Rare Dining table from the 1980's Memphis movement with Italian Carrara marble uprights and steel elements. very rare piece striking and unique in great condition the top is solid ma...

Super rare Danish modern "Magic" adjustable teak writing desk / dining table / coffee table circa 1960s. The piece is incredibly functional and can be lowered with a pulley mechanism...

Crate table design in the style of Gerrit Thomas Rietveld for Metz & Co, manufactured in Holland, circa 1950. Lacquered wood and glass top. In good original condition, preserving a beautifull patina. Gerrit Thomas Rietveld ( 24 June 1888–25 June 1964) was a Dutch furniture designer and architect. One of the principal members of the Dutch artistic movement called De Stijl, Rietveld is famous for his red and blue chair and for the Rietveld Schröder House, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site. In 1934 Rietveld designed a first series of crate furniture, consisting of an armchair, a small bookcase and a small table. These were items for which the appearance was largely dictated by the application of standard lumber size planks for different parts of the furniture. The choice of using standardized Industrial products was motivated by Rietveld’s aim to make furniture production more efficient. The furniture is almost completely built from firewood planks with a width of, circa 15 cm. A constantly recurring, distinctive wide chink is left between the planks. Dry joints connect the components with brass screws, which are left visible. At this time this type of wood and construction method was used for packing crates...

A long X-frame primitive trestle table with an aviator-style table top. The long base is made of pine planks and strengthened with parallel stretche...