Bloemenwerf

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Bloemenwerf House

Bloemenwerf House (1896)
maison Bloemenwerf (French)
Bloemenwerf Huis(Dutch)
Building
Architectural style Arts and Crafts Movement
Location Brussels, Belgium
Client Henry Van de Velde
Coordinates 50°47′44.9″N 4°20′36.3″E / 50.795806°N 4.343417°E / 50.795806; 4.343417Coordinates: 50°47′44.9″N 4°20′36.3″E / 50.795806°N 4.343417°E / 50.795806; 4.343417
Construction
Started 1895
Completed 1896
Design team
Architect Henry Van de Velde
Chair designed for house "Bloemenwerf"

Bloemenwerf is the name of the residence house of Belgian painter, architect and interior designer Henry van de Velde , built in 1895. It is located at Uccle, Belgium. Velde designed the house and its interior as well as the furnishings. It was inspired in part by William Morris' Red House.[1]

Van de Velde gave everything in the house, from the door furnishings to the wallpaper, the same patterns of embellishments and flowing linear shapes.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Debora Silverman (1992). Art Nouveau in Fin-de-siècle France. University of California Press. pp. 272. ISBN 0520080882. 

[edit] Further reading

  • Amy Ogata (2001). "Artisans and Art Noveau in Fin-de-siècle Belgium". in Lynda Jessup. Antimodernism and Artistic Experience. University of Toronto Press. pp. 173–174. ISBN 0802083544,. 

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