A month or so ago I posted this thread about a livingroomset standing in a vacant house.
The legs and some detailing on the table reminded me somehow of Finn Juhl pieces (though considerably less refined).
Now, a month later, I can show you photos of the two chairs.
After making some phonecalls I went over to the house. The son of the lady who was moving out escorted me through the whole house, leaving me choice in what I wanted 🙂
Alas, some pieces were already taken by family, but the salon mentioned was still there. I could have it all for a small price, he said. And so I did.
Yesterday I could pick it up: a sofa, two one-seaters, a large coffeetable, one small kidneytable and (!) a floor to ceiling gobelin tapestry of a Rubens painting, probably commisioned by a church in the early nineteenth century...
During my first visit I got a book on the work of Miro, a print from the mid sixties, signed in pencil by the master himself.
His father had a rather nice collection of books. He promised me to call when they had their pick (none of them is terribly interested or have the place , crossing my fingers..)
I've attached some pics of the one-seaters, table and sofa will follow.
The son still knew the make of the ensemble: a progressive architect who in his free time loved to design furniture - they're unique pieces. So that's a mystery cleared up!
And I'm really happy with that information to 🙂
I'm thinking of doing a little investigating..
thanks for the positive...
thanks for the positive response 🙂 !
we'll sure post the other pics soon, I have been so busy with shifting things round, there wasn't enough time for pictures...
I'm trying to find buildings designed by the architect, but it seems to be hard: he worked only very locally.
I especially like the...
I especially like the dynamic lines within the design of these chairs.
You can watch the 'Rubens' by clicking on the flickr-adres bottom of the post. It's actually not a print (on textile), but a woven image, like a carpet.
Flanders was rather known for it, from the middleages right through to the baroque. Oudenaarde, a city just 15 miles away, was almost the center for high quality tapestry.
Rubens himself even painted boards to be transfered to these 'gobelins', as they were called.
I included a picture here now, for ease: the creator definitly wanted people to think it was a Rubens (check the signature) 🙂
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