A PAIR OF AMSTERDAM SCHOOL SIDE-CHAIRS, the curved square section backlegs extending into the open back and terminating in ribbed swollen cylindrical finials, shaped padded backrest and seat, the frontlegs set on ebonized shaped feet and joined just below the seat by a rectangular section stretcher, upholstered in velvet designed by Jaap Gidding and executed by Leo Schellens & Co., Eindhoven, printed with Tuschinsky-style decoration, pale orange, on a black ground

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A PAIR OF AMSTERDAM SCHOOL SIDE-CHAIRS, the curved square section backlegs extending into the open back and terminating in ribbed swollen cylindrical finials, shaped padded backrest and seat, the frontlegs set on ebonized shaped feet and joined just below the seat by a rectangular section stretcher, upholstered in velvet designed by Jaap Gidding and executed by Leo Schellens & Co., Eindhoven, printed with Tuschinsky-style decoration, pale orange, on a black ground
97.5cm. high (2)

Lot Essay

cf. W. Retera Wzn., De Toegepaste Kunsten in Nederland, Behangsel en Bespanningsstof, Rotterdam, 1924, p. 39, no. 24, were the velvet is illustrated

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