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Rare Modernist Toy Chair by Ko Verzuu for ADO. 1930s
€1,350
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Lunteren, NetherlandsOn Whoppah since November 2022 • 35 sales
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A rare toy chair designed by Ko Verzuu for ADO. Circa 1930s.
It has an early brandished maker's mark to the underside (with an early understandable misattribution to Rietveld)
Between 1925 and 1955 Dutch designer Ko Verzuu designed many toys under the influence of the Dutch Modernist De Stijl painters. His designs were inextricably bound up with innovations in art, health care and pedagogy in the first half of the 20th century. In 1920, the sanatorium Berg en Bosch was founded in the sanctuary on the outskirts of Apeldoorn. This sanatorium offered rest and care to tuberculosis patients. Once patients had recovered from their illness, returning to regular working life often proved to be difficult. In order to prepare patients better for their reintegration, the sanatorium developed a modern treatment: occupational therapy. One of the ways this took shape was in the production of wooden toys. These toys were given the name ADO; an abbreviation that initially stood for Arbeid door Onvolwaardigen (Labour by the Deficient), but was wisely changed to Apart Doelmatig Onverwoestbaar (Special Functional Indestructible) in 1962.
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ConditionVery goodColorsMulti ColorMaterialWoodNumber of items1Height20 cmWidth19 cmDepth20 cmSigns of usageDiscoloring
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Lunteren, NetherlandsOn Whoppah since November 2022 • 35 sales