Cor Alons was born in the Netherlands in 1892. After graduating from the Minerva Academy and the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, he became an interior designer with H.Pander & Zn. He resigned in 1923 and began a collaboration with designer Frits Spanjaard. He designed several pieces of furniture, including the "Dining Chair" (1956) and the "Rare dining table" (1954).