Cees Braakman for Pastoe CB02, birch sideboard or cabinet, The Netherlands 1959

Birch sideboard model cb02 designed by cees braakman for pastoe. We have only seen this model with a lock and key. This one has a door handle, we can not find traces of lock which has been removed, so we think the handle was custom made by pastoe. The cabient was painted white, we took of the paint, but there are still some traces of the white paint visible. Cees braakman. Cees braakman was a dutch furniture designer who worked for ums pastoe in the midcentury. He designed many beautiful pieces with the “u+n series”, better known as the “japanese series”, as his most famous. In the 1940s, braakman was sent to the united states to observe design and production processes of furniture. Inspired by the works of charles and ray eames, he started working with new materials like ply-wood and steel, which were used in many of his designs. Many items of his hand are now well known dutch design classics, such as his du03 sideboard, tu11 dining table, sb02 dining chair, mm07 sofa, tb16 coffee table, eb02 desk, fm06 lounge chair and cu06 high board.

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