A Dutch modernist table in solid oak, Haagse School design and most possibly designed by Hendrik Wouda, one of the key figures of Haagse School and Dutch modernism.
The design of this table reflects the geometric clarity and architectural approach characteristic of Hendrik Wouda (1883–1946), one of the foremost designers of the Haagse School movement.
The table features a solid round top supported by four straight legs with distinctive angled inner edges terminating in rounded feet - the round edge is highly reminiscent of Wouda’s furniture. Equally telling is the way the tabletop is secured to the base using carefully shaped wooden blocks (see one of the last pictures), a construction method frequently employed by Wouda and his contemporaries in the Haagse School. These details together strongly support an attribution to Hendrik Wouda. The cross-stretcher base, executed in clean angular lines, emphasizes both stability and rhythm, while the subtle interplay between rectilinear and curved elements demonstrates the refined restraint of Dutch interwar modernism.
The table’s architectural stance, exposed construction logic, and quiet monumentality embody disciplined simplicity and modernist balance. In Wouda’s broader oeuvre furniture, was conceived as small-scale architecture.
The piece is in good lightly restored condition, with small signs of the time.
