Modernist Dining Table by H. Wouda

Modernist extendable dining table, hendrik wouda, h. Pander, netherlands 1930. The table has two extension leaves. Width varies from 118 cm to 206 cm. The interbellum, the period between the two world wars, was a time when the culture dutch blossomed. Architects, designers, and artists set themselves the aim to shape a brighter, modern future by changing the way people live. The city of the hague saw the rise of the so-called hague school, a luxurious and modern design style. It is a variation of the international art deco style, recognizable for its straight lines and cubist shapes. This table is an example of early the hague school, recognizable by the symmetric composition, rather than the later (post-1926) asymmetric shapes. It is designed by dutch designer hendrik wouda (1885-1946) and made by h. Pander & zonen. Monique teunissen and albert veldhuisen, hendrik wouda, architect en meubelontwerper, uitgeverij 010, rotterdam, 1989, illustrated p. 12, no. 6.