Dutch Traditionalist oak bench, Delft School. 1920s

A Delft School oak bench.School of Granpré Molière or A.J.Kropholler. Traditionalism in the Netherlands emerged shortly after the First World War. It was not so much a style as more of an attitude among architects who, in response to Functionalism and the expression of the Amsterdam School, rediscovered the purity and simplicity of traditional country architecture. Under the leadership of M.J. Granpré Molière, professor at the Technical University in Delft from 1924 untill 1953 many of these architects gathered in a movement which after World War Two became known as the Delft School. This bench is a good and classic example of Delft School furniture.