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Francis Janssens van der Maelen

Henry van de Velde (Belgium, Antwerp 1863-1957, Oberägeri, Switzerland)
Art Nouveau flat desk, circa 1898
Sycamore wood, double-sided, the top is covered with black leather in its centre
129.50 x 73 cm
Certificate of authenticity from Professor Klaus-Jürgen Sembach
This desk is a variation of a games table that was in the collection of Villa Esche
Provenance: private collection, France
Literature: Catalogue of the exhibition L'Art Nouveau en Belgique, Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, 19 December 1980-15 February 1981, p. 266 n° 143; Wolf D. Percher, Henry van de Velde - Das Gesamtwerk, Edition Factum, p. 94, ref 1318, p. 151, ref. 3406, p. 229, ref. 1317. This desk will be presented in a book about Henry van de Velde written by Bea Maybach from the Bauhaus-Museum in Weimar in Germany
Exhibition: L'Art Nouveau en Belgique, Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, 19 December 1980-15 February 1981