A rare group of eighteenth-century Dutch designs for bollards

Dutch School, late eighteenth century

Seven designs for Neoclassical ‘stoeppalen’ or bollards

Pencil, pen and grey ink, grey wash, partial grey ink framing lines, average size 205 x 115 mm

Provenance
Private collection, Germany

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This is a very rare, possibly unique, group of seven designs for Neoclassical Dutch ‘stoeppalen’ or bollards, dating from the late eighteenth century, presumably made around 1780 – 1800.¹ Such bollards were carved from hardstone and placed in front of Dutch town houses at the left, right and front sides of the ‘stoep’, which protruded around a metre or so in front of the house and functioned as a barrier to the street. The bollards were usually connected with iron railings, fences or hanging chains of intricate designs. These designs all appear to be by the same draughtsman, presumably provided by a stone mason as a sort of catalogue to prospective buyers.

RESERVED

^{1. For the subject, see T. Brouwer, Stoepen, stoeppalen, stoephekken, Zutphen 1985.}

A RARE GROUP OF EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY DUTCH DESIGNS FOR BOLLARDS