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Lot 1488 D

Six Jugendstil stoneware tiles

Auction 1096 - overview Cologne
17.11.2017, 10:00 - Deorative Arts
Estimate: 3.000 € - 3.500 €
Result: 3.720 € (incl. premium)

Six Jugendstil stoneware tiles

Impressed mark Ransbach. Each ca. 14.5 x 14.5 cm.
Ransbacher Mosaik- und Plattenfabrik, produced 1906, designed by Henry van de Velde, 1904.

Provenance

Formerly Deutsche Bank, Augsburg, built 1906.
Private ownership, South Germany.

Literature

In: Föhl / Neumann (ed.), WVZ Henry van de Velde, vol. III, Weimar 2016, III.3.4.6.
These tiles were used in the Deutsche Bank in Augsburg, but also in the stairway of the Villa Hohenhof in Hagen-Eppenhausen. Further examples can be found in situ in Hagen, in the Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe and the Hetjens-Museum Düsseldorf, and in private ownership.