DESIGNED BY HENRY VAN DE VELDE, 1920S

Details

A white painted Bookcase
Designed by Henry van de Velde, 1920s
Three double shelves above twin hinged doors
431/8in. (110cm.) high; 88½in. (225cm.) wide; 14½in. (37cm.) deep

Provenance

Frau Else von Guaita.

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Sale room notice

Please note that the estimate on this lot should read £8,000-12,000.

Lot Essay

The present bookcase was designed by Henry van de Velde for the interior of the home of Frau Else von Guaita in Sonnleiten, Bergen.
Frau von Guaita worked as a bookbinder at Van de Velde's Kunstgewerbeschule in Weimar.
After her death, the bookcase passed to her neighbour, Rudolph
Borchardt, from whom the piece was purchased by the present owner in 1968.

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