Contemporary furniture meets beaux-arts interiors at Brussels gallery Objects with Narratives
Collectible design gallery Objects with Narratives has opened its first permanent brick-and-mortar outpost inside a historic 1920s fur atelier in Brussels.
The gallery occupies 2,000 square metres over three floors of a landmark beaux-arts building on the Place du Grand Sablon, originally constructed as the sales room and workshop of Belgian furrier Raymond Mallien.
Objects with Narratives has opened a gallery in a 1920s fur atelier
Over the following century, Grand Sablon 40 went on to house a museum and the auction house of Yves Saint Laurent co-founder Pierre Bergé before Objects with Narratives (OWN) took over the building.
"When we figured out that the space was available, we couldn't say no," said Nik Vandewyngaerde, who founded OWN with his brother Robbe and longtime friend Oskar Eryatmaz. Pieces on show include a pillow-shaped coffee table by Ben Storms
Most of the ground level still features the original beaux-art interiors of Mallien's fur boutique from 1921. The former shop floor with its gilded mouldings, wall frescoes and giant chandeliers now serves as the gallery's front room.
Next door, a wood-panelled boardroom houses OWN's library of material samples and catalogues and is used for meetings with clients and designers.
Mircea Anghel's copper sideboard (right) was shaped with dynamite
"The light bulbs have been changed but all the rest is original," Vandewyngaerde said of the interior.
In the back and on the upper two storeys, OWN worked ...
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