Lot 32
  • 32

Henry van de Velde

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • A centre table
  • 60cm. high by 93cm. diam.;
  • 2ft. 2in., 3ft. ½in.
oak, the circular top with a raised edge, the curved legs joining as a cross stretcher, each supported by a shaped foot

Catalogue Note

The piece is closely related to a table made for the Paris office of the German editor and art journalist Julius Meier-Graefe, where he wrote for L'Art Décoratif. He and van de Velde met at the building site of the house van de Velde had designed for his mother-in-law in 1895. Meier-Graefe would go on to promote the artist in all his publications and thus pave the way for van de Velde's highly successful career in Germany.