HOUTSNIJWERK | LUIKS HOUTSNIJWERK | HOUTSNIJATELIER

Houtsnijwerk
Ons artisanaal bedrijfje richt zich op twee specifieke activiteiten. In ons houtsnijders-atelier kunt u terecht voor al uw ornamentiek , ornamenten in hout en houtsnijwerk . Maar ook geven we cursussen, opleidingen en demonstraties . Ons gespecialiseerd atelier maakt voor particuliere klanten en voor overheidsprojecten  hoogwaardig houtsnijwerk. Een van onze specialiteiten is Luikse Sculptuur, maar we zijn ook bekend voor onze ontwerpen en uitvoeren van heraldische familiewapens of stadswapens .

Het behoud van ons Europees erfgoed, patrimonium is een belangrijk onderdeel van onze werkzaamheden . We restaureren en maken van reconstructies van ornamentiek.
Snij- en beeldhouwwerk aan het exterieur en interieur van gebouwen.

Ornamentiek aan meubels en lijsten, liturgisch meubilair en restauratie van historische interieurs.  Hedendaagse toepassingen van het artisanale houtsnijwerk, zoals  snijramen , gevelversieringen , trapbalusters, gesneden bas-reliefs  in opdracht of eigen werk.

Ons houtsnijatelier is kleinschalig ,elk ontwerp ,uitvoering  en ornament is uniek en er word met de specifieke wensen van klant rekening gehouden.

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Het Spaans Gouvernement Museum (Maastricht, NL)

 Het Spaans Gouvernement Museum

Het spaans Gouvernement Museum -Museum aan het Vrijthof

Het Spaans Gouvernement museum anno 2010

The Museum aan het Vrijthof is housed in the Spanish Government, a 16th-century chapter house. The name Spanish Government harks back to when Charles V, the King of Spain, the German Emperor and the Duke of Brabant, visited Maastricht between 1519 and 1550. During his stays, Charles V resided at the Spanish Government. It was during these years that the timber-framed building erected on a stone foundation was replaced by the current marl-stone house. The coats of arms above the windows on the first floor and the sculpted portraitmedallions of Charles V and his wife Isabella of Portugal in the relief around one of the arches of the arcade on thecourtyard side remind us of his presence here.

The Spanish Government was built in the first half of the 16th century and displays all the hallmarks of the Late Gothic and the Early Renaissance transitional style. The brace-shaped finish on the courtyard side windows is unmistakably Late Gothic, while the rounded arch cross-windows on the Vrijthof side and the gallery with its special tulip-shaped columns on the courtyard side are plainly Renaissance style. Also note the a forementioned carved relief with portrait medallions dated 1545 and the carved chapters with exotic humanand animal motifs which belie a pre-Columbian inspiration.

The gallery opened in the 18th century. During a major renovation, the ground floor, which had been closed away behind a carriage-entrance façade, was fitted with window openings on the Vrijthof side, and the gallery was closed, making the ground floor suitable for residential use.

The Spanish Government was rebuilt in 1973 and expanded to allow the museum to house the Wagner-de Wit collection. The connecting gallery was also built in accordance with the newly-built pavilion for this purpose. The original condition was partially restored by re-opening the gallery and enclosing with a glass façade placed behind the arches and columns.

Mor info at : http://www.museumaanhetvrijthof.nl/

het spaans Gouvernement Museum

Interieur Spaans Gouvernement Museum

 

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The Liège style furniture of the 18th-century | d'Ansembourg Museum

Patrick Damiaens Ornamental woodcarver

Visit of
The d'Ansembourg Museum in Liège ( Belgium)

 Liège was the centre of a wealthy bishopric situated between Flanders and Germany. Although part of the holy Roman Empire, its furniture is not typical of the German style. Some of the forms and the decoration came from France, but the result is too refined  to be classed as French provicial.

   d'Ansembourg Museum Liège Belgium  (Main hall)

                                            

The industries of Liège had been stimulated by the wars of Louis XIV, and the Walloon (Now French speaking part of Belgium) population included many brilliant craftsmen.

The houses built by the 1730s include the Château de Seraing for the Prince-Bishop, and the Hôtel d'Ansembourg for the banker Michel Willems.

The craft guilds flourished, but very little furniture is actually signed. The principal wood was oak, carefully chosen for its fine quality, close grain, and consistent,delicate sheen. Some pieces were partly gilded and

painted, but bronze and ormolu were not used.

The delicate carving of the interior doors, d'Ansembourg museum

                      

The most typical pieces are the great oak cupboards and buffets in one or two parts, tall clocks, commodes with four equal drawers and short feet, writing-tables, bureaux, and glazed cabinets and bookshelves.

The delicate carving, always carried out in solid wood, resembles that on French wall panelling. Furniture outlines were simple, and the effect, unlike yhat of Dutch or German furniture, was never bulky or ungainly.
Chairs were either in the French style and caned, or in the Germanic-Dutch tradition with back splats and loose seats.
These were often of walnut, ash or elm. For simple furniture , pine and beech were also used.

A Liège style Buffet in 2 pieces carved in the Liège Regency furniture style

                    

Liege style carving in oak

            

The Salon Vert , Chimney piece , Museum d'Ansembourg

                                           

d'Ansembourg museum

Detail of Liege style Woodcarving

                                                

The Dining Room , 2 piece curved ,very high buffet ,   ( vaisselière) d'Ansembourg museum

                     

Liege style carving ,Detail

The Dining Room ,  gilded embossed-leather on the walls

                     

Detail Dining Room, d'Ansembourg museum

                   




   

The Red Room , a two doors Bahut in liège regency style

                     

Carved detail Liege style ornaments

                             

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CUSTOM-MADE CARVING | GRINLING GIBBONS High-Relief Carving

Patrick Damiaens

Here are some more pictures of high-relief woodcarving in 'The style of the17th Century English woodcarvers' . 
These carvings in limewood , are made in the Woodcarving studio Patrick Damiaens.

Grinling Gibbons Style of Carving by Patrick Damiaens

                                      

Foliage Carving in the style of Grinling Gibbons

                                            

Crests, heraldry, Coat of Arms carved in limewood .

                                           
                                                                

Heraldry

 heraldry, Coat of Arms carved in wood .

Heraldic crest carved in wood

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ORNAMENTAL WOODCARVING | GRINLING GIBBONS style of carving | Foliage Carving

Carving a Grinling Gibbons Style Ornament

High relief foliage carving.
Flowers carved in Limewood .
Grinling Gibbons Style of Woodcarving

high-relief foliage carving, Grinling Gibbons Style

    High-Relief carving 

high-relief foliage carving ,Grinling Gibbons Style

Flowers carved in Limewood Grinling Gibbons Style of Woodcarving

                          

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