Theodorus Karel Lodewijk Sluijterman, (Engelen, January 22, 1863 – The Hague, June 8, 1931) was a Dutch architect, furniture designer, interior designer, illustrator, ceramist, book binding designer and professor.[1]
From 1888 to 1891, Sluijterman worked in Paris at the Franco-Dutch architect-decorator Eduard Johan Niermans (1859-1928), where he got acquainted with the French floral art nouveau. This new style would greatly influence his work, though not all of his designs can be rank under the art nouveau. He also worked in the popular nineteenth-century revival styles.
Back in the Netherlands Sluyterman was first aesthetic consultant and designer in 't Interior, a company for interior design founded by the innovative architect Hendrik Petrus Berlage.
In 1895 Sluyterman became a Professor at the Polytechnic School in Delft, where he taught decorative art and theory of ornaments. In 1901 Sluyterman became teacher ornament drawing at the School of Applied Arts in Haarlem. In these capacities he actively worked to spread the applied arts.
Back home the Amsterdam jeweler and goldsmith William Hoeker, founder of the Amsterdam interior design firm The Interior, hired Sluijterman as aesthetic consultant and designer. One of his assistants was Gerrit Versteeg.
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