A modestly sized elegant occasional table or side table in oak featuring a beautiful beaded edge of carved wooden ‘pearls’ around the tabletop. A very nice accent piece in interesting, eclectic interiors. It is a very well made and sturdy little table. It has very little wear for its age (made in the 1920s) and has been expertly restored.
The style is recognizable as Amsterdam School/Dutch Arts & Crafts with a sculptural, organic shape in its design. Also note the slightly tapering tablelegs.
About the style called 'Amsterdamse School'
''Amsterdamse School'' is a collective name for the exuberant, imaginative and innovative design style from the period 1910-1930 by a diverse group of Dutch architects, interior designers and sculptors. Influential architects and designers include Michel De Klerk, Hildo Krop, Piet Kramer en J.M. van der Meij.
The Amsterdam School embodies several contradictions. It is an architecture that is instantly recognisable yet difficult to define. It celebrates the communal and the social yet gives almost infinite room for individual expression. It can look hyper-modern yet curiously medieval. And, at its most creative, it can be utterly, infectiously bizarre.
Amsterdam School architects designed a lot of exteriors and interiors in Amsterdam, but the style spreaded further all around the Netherlands. The Hague has its own variant, called The Hague School.
Creator
Unknown
Design Period
1920s
Production Period
1920s
Country of Manufacture
Netherlands
Identifying Marks
No
Style
Dutch Art Deco, Amsterdam School, Amsterdamse School, Arts & Crafts
Detailed Condition
Very good (professionally restored) condition, sturdy
