The Art Nouveau architects' preference for the…
1898 CE
Van de Velde in 1896 had completed his house (Bloemenwerf House) in suburban Uccle, which shows the influence of English architecture; flowing and waving lines suggestive of plant motifs predominate.
An alumnus of les Vingt, van de Velde, now thirty-five, had been responsible for bringing the Art Nouveau style to Paris in 1896 by designing furniture and interiors for the Paris art galleries of Samuel Bing.