Pelt, Bas van

(1900 - 1945)

Bas van Pelt was a Dutch furniture designer and interior architect. He started working at furniture factory in 1927 and, in 1931, he took over the 'My Home Woninginrichting' furniture store in The Hague. During this time he developed a sober, more Modernist style. As a member of the Dutch resistance, he died in a concentration camp in 1945.