{"product_id":"rare-oak-art-deco-modernist-sideboard-by-bas-van-pelt-for-my-home-netherlands-1932","title":"Rare Oak Art Deco Modernist Sideboard by Bas van Pelt for My Home, Netherlands, 1932","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn exceptionally rare \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArt Deco Modernist oak sideboard designed by Dutch designer and interior architect Bas van Pelt for My Home in 1932\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. More than simply a beautiful piece of pre-war Dutch furniture, it represents the work of a designer whose career—and ultimately his life—became inseparable from one of the darkest chapters of European history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBastiaan Johannes “Bas” van Pelt (1900–1945)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was one of the progressive voices in Dutch interior design during the interwar period. After beginning to design furniture in the 1920s, he took over \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy Home Woninginrichting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in The Hague in 1931 and developed the company into an important destination for modern interiors. His showrooms brought together his own furniture with progressive Dutch and international designs, including work by Gispen and Thonet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCreated just one year later, in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1932\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, this sideboard belongs to an important period in Van Pelt's career. His furniture from these years captures the transition from the decorative refinement of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArt Deco towards the increasingly rational and functional language of European Modernism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArchitectural simplicity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExecuted in warm oak, the sideboard has a beautifully controlled architectural composition. Three drawers occupy the left side, while two generous cabinet compartments provide substantial storage. Contrasting dark circular handles punctuate the otherwise restrained façade.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe broad overhanging top features elegantly rounded edges, softening the strong horizontal geometry of the cabinet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePerhaps its most distinctive feature is the construction of the sides. Instead of conventional legs, Van Pelt designed substantial architectural oak supports incorporating an elongated vertical opening crossed by a horizontal wooden element. This subtle geometric detail gives the piece an unmistakable identity: decorative enough to reveal its Art Deco origins, yet restrained enough to anticipate the functionalist furniture that would follow.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe result reflects Van Pelt's ability to combine \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecraftsmanship, honest materials and architectural construction with an elegant simplicity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e that still feels remarkably contemporary almost a century later.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBas van Pelt — design and resistance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVan Pelt's story extends far beyond furniture.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFollowing the German occupation of the Netherlands in 1940, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehe became involved in the Dutch resistance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Historical research records that his property was used to shelter people in hiding and to store ammunition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis resistance activities eventually led to his arrest after he was betrayed in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1944\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Van Pelt was deported into the German concentration-camp system and ultimately became one of the prisoners evacuated from Neuengamme to Sandbostel during the chaotic final phase of the war.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlthough liberation came in the spring of 1945, Van Pelt had been severely weakened by his imprisonment. \u003c\/span\u003eHe died from typhus at Sandbostel on 24 May 1945, aged only 44.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis death brought an abrupt end to a remarkably promising career. After the war, the business was continued and subsequently carried his name, preserving the legacy of its founder.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAgainst this background, surviving furniture from Van Pelt's pre-war period takes on an additional historical significance. This sideboard was designed in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1932\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, at the beginning of the decade in which he was able to fully develop his own modernist design language—and years before war and occupation changed the course of his life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eToday, its low horizontal proportions, warm oak, sculptural side construction and restrained detailing make it remarkably relevant to contemporary interiors. It works equally well alongside important Italian and Scandinavian mid-century furniture as it does within a more eclectic contemporary setting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA rare surviving example of early Dutch Modernism, positioned beautifully between Art Deco and Functionalism—and an evocative work from the tragically short career of Bas van Pelt: designer, interior architect and member of the Dutch resistance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDesigner:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Bas van Pelt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eManufacturer:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e My Home\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e The Netherlands\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYear:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 1932\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaterials:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Oak\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e W 188 × D 59 × H 85 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStyle:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Art Deco \/ Early Modernist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease note:\u003c\/strong\u003e The AI-generated interior image is intended solely to illustrate how the lowboard can be styled in a contemporary interior. 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