Description & Technical information
Designed by: Henry van de Velde attr., around 1898
Mahogany solid, carved, polished, mother-of-pearl inlays, slate (top), green billiard cloth and reddish-brown ball pockets renewed, very beautiful original condition.
Playing surface: 220 x 110 cm
The decorative motif used for this table was also used on his famous “Secession desk" for Ludwig Loeffler, created in 1898 (model 1896; Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nuremberg), and on a number of small pieces of furniture, such as a side cabinet from 1897 (Klassik Stiftung Weimar), a graphics cabinet from 1899 (Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nuremberg) and the utensils cabinet for his painter friend Curt Herrmann (1900; private property).
All of these pieces of furniture reflect van de Velde's organic approach to
material, form and surface: in a programmatic departure from Historicism, the ornament is no longer an applied decoration, but rather a plastic-sculptural moment that shapes both functional and decorative objects.
Period: 19th century
Origin: Austrian
Medium: Carved, Mahogany solid
Dimensions: 80 x 250 x 140 cm (31¹/₂ x 98³/₈ x 55¹/₈ inches)
Provenance: Belgian private property, art trade Brussels,
German private property

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