Holden Rietveld ~ Coats of Arms

Origin and Meaning of Surname HOLDEN

Origin and Meaning of Surname RIETVELD

The "Holden" family name originated in Lancashire , located in England. This was documented and authenticated by historians using the utmost reliable resources.

The "Holden" family traces their ancestral roots back to Anglo Saxon origin.

The "Rietveld" family name originated in The Netherlands. The coat of arms was issued in Gouda to the Van Rietvelds and recorded in the reference work titled:

Planches De L"Armorial by J. B Rietstap. Published in 1884 to 1887.

The Surname HOLDEN was locational from Holden in Yorkshire. Early records mention Robert de Holden 1246 Lancashire.

Coat of Arms:

The blazon of Arms is as follows:

argent six allerons (Allerion - (Al-ler'-i-on) An eagle without a beak or feet, and with wings expanded, their points turned downward. (Denoting imperialists vanquished and disarmed.)

Colour:

gules (Gules - (guelz) Red. This colour on engraved escutcheons is represented by vertical lines.) three two and one in the centre on escutcheon of the last. (Gules or red - Military fortitude and magnanimity.)

(Escutcheon - (es-kuch'-un) The shield, on which all lines are drawn and charges delineated; the background on which coat armor is represented; known in blazon as the field. It originally represented the war shield of a knight, upon which his arms were displayed.)

Crest - a double headed alleron gules.

*Components of the Holden Family Name Coat of Arms*
The Shield is:	Silver with six red allerians.
The Crest is:	A double headed red allerian.
The motto is:	"Nec Temere Nec Timide"

The Surname Rietveld took its first formalized spelling in the 11th century.

"Riet" translated means reed or rush

"Veld" translated means Field

Coat of Arms:

The blazon of Arms is as follows:

"D'or à trois los pommettees de guls"

is a pommettess

Variations:

Pomeis, (fr. volets, but more frequently torteaux de sinople): the name given to roundles vert

Pomel: the knob upon the hilt or a sword.
Pometty: terminated in pomel shaped knobs.
Pometty: of a Cross, or escarboucle having a rounded excrescence on each arm.

Colour:

yellow or gold - Generosity.

*Components of the Rietveld Family Name Coat of Arms*
The Shield is:	Gold with three red pommettess
The Crest is:	no information about crest
The Motto is:	searching for motto

Famous Rietveld

Gerrit Thomas Rietveld (1888-1964)

Gerrit Rietveld

(b. Utrecht, Netherlands 1888; d. Utrecht, Netherlands 1964)

Gerrit Thomas Rietveld was born in Utrecht in the Netherlands in 1888. He was Claudette's grandfather's brother's son. After working in his father's joinery business, he apprenticed at a jewellery studio. In 1911 he started his own cabinet-making firm, which he maintained for eight years. In this same period, he studied architecture. Through his studies he became acquainted with several founders of De Stijl.

In 1917 Rietveld designed the Red Blue Chair, which signalled a radical change in architectural theory. His unusual furniture designs led to several housing commissions which he invariably designed in a Neo-plastic style. The designs utilized the free and variable use of space and showed a profound understanding of dynamic spatial ideas.

In the late 1920s architecture in the Netherlands focused on the idea of "dematerialization". This idea influenced a series of terrace houses with which Rietveld was involved. In 1928 Rietveld acted as a founding member of CIAM.

With a few exceptions, the 1930s and 1940s were not particularly productive for Rietveld. Between 1942 and 1948, Rietveld taught at several institutions in the Netherlands. In 1963 he was elected an honorary member of the Bond van Nederlandse Architecten and in 1964 he received an honorary degree from the Technische Hogeschool in Delft.

Gerrit Rietveld died in Utrecht in 1964.

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