until Tuesday December 31 2013
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
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The Design Collection of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen can now be seen in the museum’s eight purpose-built galleries. Visitors can trace the history of design based on diverse themes that cover seven centuries of design.
Examples from the museum’s rich collections of ceramics, furniture, glassware and Dutch Design are shown to excellent effect in this new presentation, alongside objects by De Stijl and examples of Japonism. The presentation also includes objects that are exhibited less frequently, such as enamelled plaques from the late Middle Ages and industrial design from the post-war reconstruction era.
The presentation also features some important new acquisitions, including a rare 17th-century collector’s cabinet by Herman Doomer, an exceptional late 19th-century clock with candlesticks by Emile Gallé and the ‘Downstairs Light’ by Bertjan Pot from 2012. The Design Collection will remain on show at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen for the next two years.
The presentation in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen explores about 30 separate themes, broadly chronological in their arrangement, in order to demonstrate how designers have turned their attention to a panoply of aspects over the centuries
