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Van de Velde nv is a publicly traded company that designs and manufactures luxury lingerie. Its headquarter is located in the Belgian town of Schellebelle and ( Wichelen ). The company was founded in 1919 by Achiel and Margaret Van de Velde and is still owned by the same family.
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Henry Clemens van de Velde (Dutch: [ɑ̃ːˈri vɑn də ˈvɛldə]; 3 April 1863 – 15 October 1957) [1] was a Belgian painter, architect, interior designer, and art theorist. Together with Victor Horta and Paul Hankar , he is considered one of the founders of Art Nouveau in Belgium. [ 2 ]
In the 20th century the Van de Velde family produced two mayors. Between them they governed Landskouter for almost 70 years. Another outstanding family member was Oblate Priest Frans Van De Velde, who spent more than 50 years with the Eskimos (Inuit) of northern Canada, where he worked as a missionary and an all-round nurse.
Van de Velde had played an important role in the early Belgian Art Nouveau, building his own house and decorating it in Art Nouveau style, with the strong influence of the British Arts and Crafts Movement. He was a known in Germany for his work in Belgium and Paris, and began a new career in Dresden in 1897, with a display at the Dresden ...
Joseph Vandevelde, or Jozef Van de Velde (5 January 1855 – 23 May 1882) was a Belgian soldier and explorer in the Congo before the Congo Free State was established. Life [ edit ]
van Velde is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Bram van Velde (1895–1981), Dutch painter; Geer van Velde (1898–1977), Dutch painter; Gerard van Velde (born 1971), Dutch speed skater; Jacoba van Velde (1903–1985), Dutch writer
Ideal Marriage: Its Physiology and Technique is a famous popular scientific treatise and self-help book published in London in 1926 by Dutch gynecologist Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde, retired director of the Gynecological Clinic in Haarlem, and "one of the major writers on human sexuality during the early twentieth century" (Frayser & Whitby, p. 300).