Description
depicting a repeating organic pattern, within later cotton slip, framed
Dimensions
37.5 x 38cm
Footnote
Literature: 'Stoffe um 1900' published Das Textilmuseum, Krefeld, 1977, No. 52 where an example is illustrated.
Note: Although starting his career as a painter, Henry Van de Velde soon abandoned the practise to focus on architecture and interior design, becoming one of the founders of the Art Nouveau style in Belgium and Germany. Van de Velde was inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement in Britain and started designing buildings and textiles inspired by natural forms and sinuous lines. He was one of the first architects to work to the premise that 'form follows function', trying to ensure that all objects were beautiful and also functional.