Design Museum Gent: History and Collections - Historiek Collecties

Initially the collection of the Design museum Gent predominantly consisted of eighteenth-century period furniture, but along the way it became a world-famous institution specializing in twentieth-century and contemporary design. Their pride is the art nouveau collection. In this new museum catalogue, Lieven Daenens, director of the museum, provides his readers with an extensive introduction and reproductions and notes on and about approximately 175 top pieces from the collections.