A SET OF SIX ARMCHAIRS, designed by Theo Nieuwenhuis and executed by Pander en Zoon, The Hague, the square section backlegs extending into the open back joined by a curved toprail, the backrest with two vertical splats carved with abstract motifs, the front legs extending into the slanting armrest supports, front and back legs joined by square section stretchers just below rectangular padded turnable seat, upholstered on one side with Art Nouveau polychrome printed velvet and on the other side with Art Nouveau polychrome woven cotton (mid-1920s) (6)

细节

A SET OF SIX ARMCHAIRS, designed by Theo Nieuwenhuis and executed by Pander en Zoon, The Hague, the square section backlegs extending into the open back joined by a curved toprail, the backrest with two vertical splats carved with abstract motifs, the front legs extending into the slanting armrest supports, front and back legs joined by square section stretchers just below rectangular padded turnable seat, upholstered on one side with Art Nouveau polychrome printed velvet and on the other side with Art Nouveau polychrome woven cotton (mid-1920s) (6)

拍品专文

These chairs were part of the furniture of the s.s. Simon Bolivar
Nieuwenhuis was commissioned by the K.N.S.M. to design some interiors for their steam ships. In circa 1925 he designed, in cooperation with some other artists and firms, the interior for the s.s. Simon Bolivar. The chairs offered for sale here are designed by Nieuwenhuis for this ship.

cf. Hanneke Olyslager, Theo Nieuwenhuis Sierkunstenaar en Meubelontwerper, Rotterdam, 1991, p. 43 for and illustration of the interior of the ship where the chairs are just visible

See illustration of part