Henry van de Velde

executed by the Société Van de Velde & Co., Brussels
oak, black walnut, brass

Private collection, Bavaria
Von Zezschwitz, Munich, 21 October, 2008, lot 484
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Weimar, Neues Museum, Leidenschaft, Funktion und Schönheit: Henry van de Velde und sein Beitrag zur europäischen Moderne, 24 March - 23 June, 2013
Brussels, Cinquantenaire Museum, Henry van de Velde: Passion, Fonction, Beauté, 13 September 2013 - 12 January 2014

Dekorative Kunst, vol. IV, Munich, 1899, p. 247 for a period illustration
Wolf D. Pecher, Henry van de Velde: Das Gesamtwerk, vol. 1, Munich, 1981, pp. 139, 290-291
Carl Benno Heller, ed., Jugendstil Kunst um 1900, Darmstadt, 1982, p. 303, cat. no. 408
Ralf Eibl, "Mit Hohem Einsatz", Architectural Digest, Deutschland, December 2008 - January 2009, p. 122, illustrated
Werner Adriaenssens et al, Roberto Polo: The Eye, London, 2011, p. 403, illustrated
Eric Jansen, "Roberto Polo: L'Œil de L'Expert", L'Eventail, no. 125, April, 2012, p. 110, illustrated
Thomas Föhl, Leidenschaft, Funktion und Schönheit: Henry van de Velde und sein Beitrag zur europäischen Moderne, exh. cat., 24 March - 23 June, 2013, Weimar, 2013, p. 189, cat. no. 210, illustrated, p. 442
Eric Jansen, Nouveaux Cabinets d'Amateurs, Paris, 2015, p. 228, illustrated

Overall very good condition consistent with age and gentle use. Minor scattered scuffs concentrated to the feet, with a ring mark and slightly deeper scuff to the top surface, and a further scuff to the left side proper panel, approximately 10 cm across running horizontally. The first and third drawer handles have been sensitively and professionally restored. The metal escutcheon plate has been added later and one key is included.
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This model is one of two examples known. The other is from the collection of Thadée Natanson, Director of La Revue Blanche, Paris and is now conserved in the collection of the Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt. The model was exhibited at the Munich Secession Exhibition, 1899.