Bookends (2) - Oak - Modernist bookends
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Pair of Dutch Art Deco oak bookends dating from circa 1925, in good vintage condition, with dimensions of 12 cm high, 8.5 cm wide and 12 cm deep, together weighing about 1 kg.
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Pair of Dutch Art Deco Bookends, The Hague School / Modernist Style, c. 1925
A strong pair of Dutch Art Deco bookends from the 1920s, executed in a sober modernist design language related to the Hague School.
The composition is beautifully simple: rectangular wooden blocks, stepped bases and bold black lacquered round discs. The contrast between the warm brown wood and the dark circular forms gives the set a graphic, architectural quality. Ornament is reduced to rhythm, volume and proportion, very much in the spirit of Dutch interwar modernism.
The black lacquered discs are the defining feature of the design. They give the bookends a strong visual weight and create a striking play between circle and rectangle, dark and warm wood, surface and volume. Compact but expressive, the set is ideal for a row of design books, novels or art publications.
The design sits somewhere between functional object and miniature architectural composition: modest in scale, but with real modernist presence.
In good vintage condition, with smalll traces of age and use. The bookends are sturdy and usable.
Pair of Dutch Art Deco Bookends, The Hague School / Modernist Style, c. 1925
A strong pair of Dutch Art Deco bookends from the 1920s, executed in a sober modernist design language related to the Hague School.
The composition is beautifully simple: rectangular wooden blocks, stepped bases and bold black lacquered round discs. The contrast between the warm brown wood and the dark circular forms gives the set a graphic, architectural quality. Ornament is reduced to rhythm, volume and proportion, very much in the spirit of Dutch interwar modernism.
The black lacquered discs are the defining feature of the design. They give the bookends a strong visual weight and create a striking play between circle and rectangle, dark and warm wood, surface and volume. Compact but expressive, the set is ideal for a row of design books, novels or art publications.
The design sits somewhere between functional object and miniature architectural composition: modest in scale, but with real modernist presence.
In good vintage condition, with smalll traces of age and use. The bookends are sturdy and usable.
Details
Era
1900-2000
Weight
1 kg
Title additional information
Modernist bookends
Number of objects
2
Country of origin
Netherlands
Material
Oak
Style
Art Deco
Condition
Good condition - used with small signs of aging & blemishes
Height
12 cm
Width
8.5 cm
Depth
12 cm
Estimated period
1920-1930
