Henry van de Velde (1863-1957,Belgium) | |
Bloemenwerf,1895 | |
Walnut frame with leather seat | |
In 1900, van de Velde moved from Belgium to Germany, where he practised his "Anglicised" version of Art Nouveau. As an important design theorist, as well as a prolific designer, his chairs can be seen as realizations of his desire for functional objects that could exist beyond stylistic convension. | |