WILLEM HENDRIK GISPEN, round Art Deco Modernist coffee table, tubular steel structure, Bauhaus style ca 1930

Art Deco coffee table with modernist Bauhaus accents , reminiscent of the work of Marcel Breuer.
This round table with its stamp (see image) was designed by the Dutch designer Willem Hendrik Gispen , Gispen edition towards the end of the 1930s.

As the images show, the tubular metal structure (brushed steel) is perfectly assembled and welded, the table has a black linoleum top, all of which is original.

Completely authentic, it is distinguished by its remarkable state of preservation, however, a slight burn on the edge of the tray should be noted (see photos).

Diameter: 96 cm, height: 60 cm.

Attention 20th century design enthusiasts.

This table is offered for sale individually, but it is part of a table + 3 armchairs set (model 413) which we also offer for sale on this site (see our other ads).

Biography:
Willem Hendrik Gispen (1890-1981).
After training as an architect, he became more interested in the applied arts. In 1916, he founded a metal art and craft workshop. In 1927, he began producing lamps and experimenting with tubular steel furniture. The first catalog was published in 1930. He designed most of the company's models, with the help of CJ Hoffman. Gispen was a member of the "Opbouw" group and maintained good relations with modern architects in Rotterdam, which led to numerous projects, such as furnishing the Van Nelle factory and the Bergpolderflat building with Gispen's tubular steel furniture. With a few exceptions, Gispen's designs were not particularly original, but they were of good quality. After World War II, he left the company and founded a new one, "Kembo."
Bed. : J. van Geest, O. Mácel, p. 80-81, 152;
A. Koch: Industrieel ontwerper whgispen (1890-1981) een modern eclecticus, Rotterdam
1988; M.Mual: Gispen buismeubelen en verlich-ting 1920-1940, Nijmegen 1990; A. Koch:
WH Gispen. Working with and for Van der Vlugt, Wiederhall 1993, no. 14, p. 45-47; A. Koch (ed.): Gispen Collection, Rotterdam 1996;
A. Koch: WH Gispen, serial products 1923-1960, Rotterdam 2005.