Daybed Auping Cleopatra by Dick Cordemeijer, black steel and teak, 1950s

The "Cleopatra" daybed, designed by Dick Cordemeijer for Auping in 1954 and produced in Deventer, Netherlands. An icon of post-war Dutch design, it combines a black enamelled steel frame on slender, tapered legs with a base of woven steel spring mesh — still bearing the Auping logo — and two sculptural solid teak end rolls that give the piece its elegant boat-like profile. Used with a mattress or cushion, it can serve as a daybed, guest bed, or low sofa in a living room, studio, or bedroom. The original label "auping – deventer – made in holland" is still attached to the frame. Sold without a mattress. In good vintage condition, with signs of age and use: the teak end rolls have scratches, small dents, and a few small chips on their edges and end grain. The black frame and legs have slight scuffs and a few small paint chips, and the Auping label is slightly torn in one corner. The woven spring mesh base is intact, and the structure is solid and stable. height: 36 cm seat height: 26 cm depth: 82 cm length: 200 cm