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Document Details : Title: De glasramen van Privat Livemont en Raphaël Evaldre voor de gouverneurswoning in Hasselt (1898) Author(s): RAMBAUT, Aletta , VANDORMAEL, Thomas Journal: Tijdschrift voor Interieurgeschiedenis en Design Volume: 47 Date: 2025 Pages: 61-77 DOI: 10.2143/GBI.47.0.3294952 Abstract : This article analyses the exceptional ensemble of 52 stained glass windows conceived, designed and executed by the trio Paul Saintenoy, Privat Livemont and Raphaël Evaldre in 1897-1898 for the governor’s residence in Hasselt. Firstly, the historical context and archival documents concerning the commission and the relationship between the artists are examined. An iconographic and stylistic chapter is followed by the technical analysis carried out in preparation for the restoration in 2023. The final chapter, based on quotes from an architectural critic and a French maître-verrier, examines the concept of the integration of the stained glass windows within the architecture in general, and architectural oeuvre of Paul Saintenoy in particular. Comparisons are made with several private residences executed by Saintenoy in the late nineteenth century. This shows, on the one hand, that in certain buildings the architect strongly integrates stained glass windows into his architecture, but on the other hand, in other buildings, such as the governor’s residence in Hasselt, he abandons this theoretical concept. There, he works stylistically diverse and there is a less rigid harmony between the Art Nouveau-style stained glass windows and the rest of the interior. This idea is most apparent in Saintenoy’s private residence in Ixelles, where he takes it to the extreme via the reuse of various antique building materials, which are combined with avant garde stained-glass windows and historicising interior decoration in Neo-Gothic and Neo-Renaissance styles. |
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