Henri van de Velde - Henry van de Velde

Belgian designer and architect 1863 - 1957

Mostly his first name is spelled Henry, but you'll find it sometimes spelled Henri - e.g. at Encyclopedia.com (based on Columbia Encyplopedia 6th edition).

In the church index of Antwerp in Belgium - where he was born - he is registered as Henricus Clementinus van de Velde. And he himself used to spell his first name Henry.

But anyway - at the web adress www.henry-van-de-velde.com there's a lot of information about Henry van de Velde:

• facts about his life,
• van de Velde as architect,
• van de Velde furniture designs e.g.
  • diplomat’s chair Graf Kessler,
  • armchair Nostitz,
  • reclining chair Van de Velde,
  • piano bench Maria van de Velde,
  • armchair Bloemenwerf,
  • drawing-room table Direktor Stern,
• van de Velde related links.