A Dutch Art Deco elegant accent table in oak and black laquered balls for feet. A very nice accent piece in interesting, eclectic interiors. It is a very well made and sturdy table with marvellous details. It has little wear for its age (made in the 1920s).
The style is recognizable as Amsterdam School with the black ball/bullet decorations and the sculptural, organic shape in the design. Around the tabletop its decorated with decorative bullet shaped copper studs.
The table is very suitable as a decorative piece on its own, or could be used to hold a plant or sculpture.
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
1920 to 1929
Production Period
1920s
Country of Manufacture
Netherlands
Identifying Marks
Style
Art Deco, Amsterdam School, Arts & Crafts, Amsterdamse School
Detailed Condition
Good original conition, structurally in perfect condition, very sturdy.
