Cees Braakman “TM04” Side Table or Magazine Rack for UMS Pastoe, Dutch Design 1953

Cees Braakman “TM04” Side Table or Magazine Rack for UMS Pastoe, Dutch Design 1953

A pair of elegant side tables with a metal frame and a wooden top. It has a nice perforated magazine holder underneath the top.

As many items from Pastoe, these items could be ordered with a custom paint job done by factory. Those paint jobs are mostly seen on the famous “Japanese Series” or “Birch series” items. You don’t often find a side table like this with a custom paint job. The tables both have their own color: one white and one beige. The frames both have the same brown coating.

Tables are from 1953 and in good condition with some normal traces of wear to the paint.

Cees Braakman was a Dutch furniture designer who worked for UMS Pastoe in the midcentury. He designed many beautiful pieces with the “U+N series”, better known as the “Japanese Series”, as his most famous. In the 1940s, Braakman was sent to the United States to observe design and production processes of furniture. Inspired by the works of Charles and Ray Eames, he started working with new materials like ply-wood and steel, which were used in many of his designs. Many items of his hand are now well known Dutch design classics, such as his DU03 sideboard, TU11 dining table, SB02 dining chair, MM07 sofa, TB16 coffee table, EB02 desk, FM06 lounge chair and CU06 high board.