Two oak armchairs designed by Kobus de Graaff circa 1905

solid oak, the backrests and armrests with carved ornaments: one with ivy leaves and salamander's heads, the other with clover leaves and hare's heads, the padded seats upholstered in beige skai 

Exhib. cat. Hilversum 1999, pp. 11 & 15, fig. 11 & pl. III for comparable chairs 

General traces of age, use and wear, upholstery not original.
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Sculptor and cabinet-maker Jacobus Willem ('Kobus') de Graaff (1876 - 1936) trained at the Quellinus school of Applied Arts in Amsterdam before starting his own workshop named Kunst-Ambacht in 1903 (Blaricum, later Hilversum) where he made furniture and furnishings with carved sculptural decorations