DEVELOPMENT BUILD — NOT FOR PUBLIC USE. CONTRIBUTE ON GITHUB.
03 — ARTWORK
BERLAGE, Hendrik Petrus · 1898 →
PALETTE
HOVER OR TAP A SWATCH FOR NAME, SHARE AND HEX. SAMPLED FROM THE IMAGE — INDICATIVE, NOT A PIGMENT ANALYSIS.
COMMENTARY
UNDERLINED TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE GLOSSARY.
Sideboard from 'Villaa residence in the country (in Italy); villas acquired palace-like characteristics from the Renaissance onwards. 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.
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title = {Sideboard from 'Villa Henny Suite' by BERLAGE, Hendrik Petrus},
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date = {2026-09-09},
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}ACCESSED 2026-09-09. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
