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Welcome to The Wolfsonian-FIU´s collection of Dutch artifacts.
The
Wolfsonian—FIU's collection of Dutch artifacts includes extensive
holdings in glass, textiles, furniture, and design drawings dating from
circa 1880 to 1940, as well as an unrivaled collection of "Nieuwe
Kunst" (Art Nouveau or "new art") bookbindings, and decorative and
ornamental ephemera produced in the Netherlands between the 1890s and
1920s. The Dutch holdings focus on themes and subjects such as city
life, industrial progress, and a variety of social issues, including
the importance of socialism in the country's political life. Evidence
of the motifs and techniques (such as batik) introduced by the former
Dutch East Indies colonies are demonstrated particularly in the
library's holdings, known as the Veeze Collection, which includes
several thousand rare book covers, calendars, proofs, advertisements,
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