# Sideboard from 'Villa Henny Suite' [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BERLAGE, Hendrik Petrus]() - Date: 1851-1900 - Technique: Teak with carving, 205 x 202 x 85 cm ## Commentary Sideboard from 'Villa Henny Suite' c. 1898 Teak with carving, 205 x 202 x 85 cm Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo Gottfried Semper, the intellectual mentor of Berlage, held the view that the craftsmen and architects should use each material in a way appropriate to it. He, therefore, rejected, for example, Thonet's technique of bending wood. That was not right for wood that was treating it like metal. In his own furniture, Berlage followed this doctrine. ## Related artworks - [Chair]() - [De Burcht van Berlage: Council Room]() - [De Burcht van Berlage: entrance hall]() - [De Burcht van Berlage: entrance]() - [Hunting Lodge Sint Hubertus: general view]() - [Hunting Lodge Sint Hubertus: general view]() - [Kunstmuseum Den Haag: Central Hall]() - [Kunstmuseum Den Haag: Exterior view]() - [Stock Exchange: clock tower]() - [Stock Exchange: concert hall]() - [Stock Exchange: entrance]() - [Stock Exchange: general view]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()