Focus on Elisabeth De Saedeleer
30/01/2026
KBF ART TALK at 2 pm
Cécile Dubois, Tour guide and lecturer, Art Nouveau and Art Deco specialist
Language > French
Thanks to the Raphaël and Françoise Haeven Fund, the King Baudouin Foundation recently acquired an Art Deco-style carpet created by Elisabeth De Saedeleer (1902-1972). This lecture will explore the life and work of this artist who, inspired by the Arts & Crafts movement, played a key role in the revival of carpet weaving in Belgium during the 1920s and 1930s - through her artistic collaborations and her position as a member of the teaching staff at La Cambre, starting from the school’s opening in 1927.
Cécile Dubois, Tour guide and lecturer, Art Nouveau and Art Deco specialist
Language > French
Thanks to the Raphaël and Françoise Haeven Fund, the King Baudouin Foundation recently acquired an Art Deco-style carpet created by Elisabeth De Saedeleer (1902-1972). This lecture will explore the life and work of this artist who, inspired by the Arts & Crafts movement, played a key role in the revival of carpet weaving in Belgium during the 1920s and 1930s - through her artistic collaborations and her position as a member of the teaching staff at La Cambre, starting from the school’s opening in 1927.
Join us at the stand of the King Baudouin Foundation n° 151
Elisabeth De Saedeleer, carpet in Art Deco style after a design by Albert Van huffel, 1924, wool and hemp, 219 x 104 cm.
Collection King Baudouin Foundation. Acquired by the Raphaël and Françoise Haeven Fund in 2025, entrusted to the Design Museum Brussels.
© Vrouyr
