Elling Sideboard after Gerrit Rietveld Netherlands 1919/1990s

This 'Elling' sideboard, designed in 1919, was an important benchmark for modern interior design and was originally used in the model home designed by J.P. Oud for Spargen in Rotterdam, and in various interior design projects, including the one for P.J. Elling. The original model was destroyed in a fire and only rebuilt under the designer's supervision in 1951 for an exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. This particular sideboard was made by a skilled cabinet maker in the 1990s and is fully executed in solid oak wood. The clean lines of the structure create a strong base to which surfaces, drawers, and storage units have been added. The design is influenced by Frank L. Wright and the Anglo-Japanese art of E.W. Godwin, particularly evident in the horizontal surfaces, which are offset by the vertical supports that form a grid from which the storage compartments are suspended. A unique design by one of the greatest designers of the 20th century. The sideboard is in excellent condition.