A Worpsweder settle from Germany, attributed to Heinrich Vogelar circa 1900-1910. These settles and chairs were originally traditional Lower Saxony farmhouse furniture. However, around 1900, the artists of the Worpswede Colony fell in love with their simple, honest craftsmanship and artists like Heinrich Vogeler began adapting, designing, and popularising them nationally. A similar to story how the pioneers of the Cotswold school movement and William Morris took the best bits of Sussex furniture and created their versions that we know and love in the UK. What William Morris and the Cotswold School did for English design, Heinrich Vogeler and the Worpswede workshops did for German design. Both movements shared an identical philosophy: a deep-seated panic over industrial mass-production, a romantic obsession with pre-industrial rural life, and a desire to elevate ordinary vernacular furniture into high art. Carved decorated wood & a beautiful original rush seat. In very good order throughout. Dimensions: 134 cm wide x 54 cm deep x seat height 48 cm x height 98 cm. Worldwide delivery available, not included. Please enquire before purchasing or collect from our London gallery by appointment.
