Dimensions
3.80cm wide
1.90cm high
(1.50 inches wide 0.75 inches high)
Description
Exceptional Art Nouveau Brooch
Gold, ruby & diamond
Length: 1.9cm. Width: 3.8cm
Marked verso: Van de Velde monogram
Belgian. Circa 1898
Fitted case
Jewellery by Van de Velde is extremely rare
Literature: cf. Schmuck in Deutschland und Oesterreich, 1895-1914,
Ulrike von Hase, 1977, p.279-286, pl. 516, p.280.
Van de Velde, catalogue of the exhibition, 1990,
The National Museum of Art, Tokyo.
Le monde de Henry van de Velde,
Prof. A.M. Hammacher, 1967, p.126, 127, 139, & 147.
This brooch will be illustrated in the forthcoming catalogue raisonne
Henry van de Velde, The Weimar Museum, Germany.
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