a carved and panelled oak writing-desk

DESIGNED BY H.P. BERLAGE, EXECUTED BY 'T BINNENHUIS AMSTERDAM, CIRCA 1905

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a carved and panelled oak writing-desk
Designed by H.P. Berlage, executed by 't Binnenhuis Amsterdam, circa 1905
The stepped superstructure with central cupboard door carved with linear and stylized floral decoration, flanked on the left with by a small cupboard door and on the right by a compartment with three vertical divisions, above three open compartments, the central frieze drawer flanked on each side by two short drawers, the back with two small cupboard doors with carved with similar decoration and flanked on either side by an open comparment, the flaring legs joined by shaped rectangular stretcher, the ebony construction pegs incorporated in the decoration, with decorative copper hinges and lockplates and grips, with original key
143cm. high x 106cm. wide x 74cm. deep
The key with monogram for 't Binnenhuis

Sale room notice

This design of this desk dates from circa 1901

A similar desk was included in the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs Modernes in Turin in 1902
See: Dekorative Kunst, Band IX, ed. H. Bruckmann, München, 1902, p. 46 and Hollandsche Kunst, ed. Van Nelle, Rotterdam, circa 1902, for illustrations of a similar desk

Lot Essay

cf. Jo de Jong, De Nieuwe Richting in de Kunstnijverheid in Nederland, Amsterdam, 1929, p. 20, no. 37, for a desk with similar carved decoration

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