BY HILDO KROP, 1913-1914

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A stained oak armchair
By Hildo Krop, 1913-1914
The rectangular backlegs extending into the openworked backrest supporting a rounded top flanked by two carved goat's heads, the frontlegs supporting the armrest with carved horse's heads at the front, the legs joined by an H-stretcher below the wooden seat
76cm. high x 79cm. wide x 70cm. deep
See illustration

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Lot Essay

See E.J. Lagerweij-Polak, Hildo Krop, beeldhouwer, Den Haag, 1992, 129, nr. Me2 and p. 18, ill. 13 for a contemporary photograph showing the chair in Krop's workshop. This was the first chair ever made by Hildo Krop. He produced the chair for his own use.

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