The Marjolaine Shop

This building boasts one of the last remaining Art Nouveau shop fronts in Brussels, originally created for a photographer. It has been stunningly restored and upgraded.

FACADE

The Marjolaine’s shop front is a nod to the A. Niguet Shirt Store, on the rue Royale; this was designed by Paul Hankar, who taught Léon Sneyers. But the Marjolaine’s style differs considerably from that of the shirt store, and is closer to the Vienna Secession. The quality of this creation lies in the delicate use of wood, which made it possible to execute the elegant, geometric design that characterises the creator’s body of work. In this way, straight lines combine with a decorative stained glass rose window, which is positioned at the corner of the entrance.

INTERIOR

Unfortunately, the interior layout of this shop did not survive to the present day. We can, however, presume that it must have resembled some of the other shops designed by Sneyers...

Research on this aspect is in progress.