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