Piano Bench by Henry Van De Velde for Adelta
Like table tea or occasional table Curt Herrmann, this piano bench of 1902 designed by Henry Van De Velde for Adelta. was verifiable for room in the dish retained by Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum Folkwang music, he founded in Hagen. Delivered to the room drawing Zeemeeuw House in Scheveningen almost simultaneously, these first two copies have been made to Lösse, carpenters and Joiners, Hagen first by Scheidemantel Weimar.
Exclusive clientele of Henry van de Velde itself regarded as a cultural elite and this awareness of the State was not less reflected in commissions in the Belgian designer. It is a circle noted literary and artistic interests and classical music and modern have been cultivées.Même if new conceptions of van de Velde sculptural concert grand pianos (for Karl Ernst Osthaus, archives of Nietzsche Weimar) were not so successful, the piano bench was commissioned by multiple clients.
Helene von Nostitz and Sophie Herrmann, name two of them were talented pianists and was therefore Maria van de Velde, who, before his marriage, wanted to become a concert pianist.
1902 Piano bench warrants particular eloquently again starting artist in Weimar.Fluid ornamental line of the first work he did in Brussels and Berlin has given way to a dynamic created solely by tensions construction tectonique.Credo artistic van de Velde, line’s power is eloquent echo in the harmonious design of this happy piece of furniture.
It has been made in various natural and deciduous wood thus in cream and blue midnight.seuls lacquer two survived: piano bench Maria van de Velde (lacquer blue midnight: Museum of arts applied Ghent) and one second of unknown provenance (Ebony: private Germany collection).
Executed in solid beech, tinted wood with dimensions of H: 62 cm, l: 116 cm, p: 47 cm, HS: 47 cm.
