Ado toy bed Ko Verzuu Holland 1932

Jacobus (Ko) Verzuu

Utrecht 1901 – 1971
Construction supervisor, toy designer

Very nice decorative wooden toy bed, designed by Ko Verzuu for Ado Holland in the 1932. Ado means Arbeid door onvolwaardigen, translated; labor by incapacitated, which makes this an even more special piece. Toys by Ado are being highly collected at the moment, even more than ever cause this is very decorative combined with 1950s furniture from all countries!

Jacobus Johannes Josephus (Ko) Verzuu, a former construction supervisor from Utrecht, led the ADO workshops. He had delved into architecture and art and developed a strong preference for the abstract lines and bright colours, which can also be found in the followers of De Stijl group from the 1920s, followed by Piet Mondriaan, Theo van Doesburg, Vilmos Huszár, Bart van de Leck, J.J.P Oud, Gerrit Rietveld and more. This group of architects and artists was active between 1917 and the early 1930s. They made abstract art, architecture and furniture in the primary colours red, blue and yellow. The dollhouse furniture by Verzuu is strongly inspired by the clean lines and the colours used by the architect Gerrit Rietveld.

Very nice colourful and early edition bed, all the toys from ado are handmade and hand painted. This is a very nice quality set of chairs from the first production in 1932 before the pieces were even marked. This bed was sold at Metz & co. The bed is in good but played condition with a nice patina, its not completely straight anymore. I think the patina makes this a very nice piece with aging to it. Would look highly decorative in a modern interior! A very good and nice looking future investment.