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HENRY VAN DE VELDE (1863-1957)
Lot 87

HENRY VAN DE VELDE (1863-1957)

A PAIR OF UPHOLSTERED OAK SIDE CHAIRS, CIRCA 1903

Closed16 June 2011

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HENRY VAN DE VELDE (1863-1957)
A Pair of Upholstered Oak Side Chairs, circa 1903
each 38 in. (96.5 cm.) high
partial paper label on one chair (2)

Christie's, London, 26 October 2010, lot 110.

Specialist note

cf. K-J. Sembach & B. Schulte, Henry van de Velde: Ein Europäischer Künstler seiner Zeit, Cologne, 1990, p. 108 (design illustrated in the Salon for the Haus Hohe Pappeln, 1907-8)

The design was originally conceived as part of the interior scheme for the home of Dr. F. in Kiel, Germany, 1903.