Building
Photo Gilbert De Keyser © Hortamuseum
Rue Antoine Bréart 7, sandblasting the carved decoration on the apron wall in the raised ground-floor window bay (1976).
Rue Antoine Bréart 7, sandblasting the carved decoration on the apron wall in the raised ground-floor window bay (1976).
This home is one of a series of modest houses that Paul Hankar built in Saint-Gilles. Could it have been because the client, a Mr Aglave, was a stonemason, like his own father, that the architect took so much care in his work on the façade that he designed for him in 1898?
Within the tight geometric frame of the red-brick and blue-limestone façade, Hankar inserted stylish sgraffito panels created by his friend Adolphe Crespin. A female figure symbolising the home tops the window illuminating the entrance hall and staircase, while the horseshoe arches under the eaves are decorated with allegories of Day and Night.
On the ground floor, at eye level for passers-by, there is a white stone bas-relief carved with floral motifs. Note also the Japanese-style design of the wrought-iron grilles and of the wooden door with diagonal braces.
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By the same architect
Within the tight geometric frame of the red-brick and blue-limestone façade, Hankar inserted stylish sgraffito panels created by his friend Adolphe Crespin. A female figure symbolising the home tops the window illuminating the entrance hall and staircase, while the horseshoe arches under the eaves are decorated with allegories of Day and Night.
On the ground floor, at eye level for passers-by, there is a white stone bas-relief carved with floral motifs. Note also the Japanese-style design of the wrought-iron grilles and of the wooden door with diagonal braces.
