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Michel de Klerk, Side Chair, 1916

Description

Mahogany, leather upholstery renewed

h. 117 cm

Rare side chair, designed by Michel de Klerk for ’t Woonhuys,
a furniture and interior design company in Amsterdam. De Klerk
was a forerunner and most influential architectural figure of what
became known as Amsterdam School.

The chair is part of a set of four identical side chairs.

Marks

Not marked

Provenance

Private collection, Netherlands, Dutch art market

Public collections

Musée d´Orsay, Paris; Centraal Museum Utrecht;
Amsterdam School Museum Het Ship; Mitchell Wolfson Jr. Collection,
The Wolfsonian - Florida International University, Miami Beach

Literature

 Ingeborg de Roode/Marjan Groot, Living in the Amsterdam
school - Designs for the interior 1910 - 1930, exhibition catalogue
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, April 9 - August 28, 2016, pag. 95, 186

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