Rug, commissioned by Jules Leleu for Gonzalo and Isabel Rosales de Zaldumbide, circa 1924

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IVAN DA SILVA-BRUHNS (1881-1980)
Rug, commissioned by Jules Leleu for Gonzalo and Isabel Rosales de Zaldumbide, circa 1924
manufactured at Savigny, France
hand knotted wool pile
5 ft. 11 1/4 in. x 3 ft. 2 3/4 in. (181 x 98.4 cm)
woven with manufacturer's monogram

Provenance

Jules Leleu, commissioned directly from the artist, 1924
Gonzalo and Isabel Rosales de Zaldumbide, Paris, 1926
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

J. Sirat, F. Siriex, Tapis Français du XXe Siècle de L'Art Nouveau aux Créations Contemporaines, Paris, 1993, pp. 34 (for a discussion of the commission), 36-37

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Lot Essay

Ivan Da Silva Bruhns and French interior decorator and designer Jules Leleu collaborated from 1924 to 1935. Leleu's first commission from Da Silva Bruhns was to manufacture carpets for Ecuadorian Ambassador Gonzalo and Isabel Rosales de Zaldumbide's Parisian residence.

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