The house at Rue Faider 83 in Brussels stands out in the early morning when sunlight catches the gilt details.
Recently restored, the Ixelles town house was designed by the Dutch architect Albert Rosenboom in 1900. He began his career working at a drawing table in Horta’s practise, where he picked up the essence of the Art Nouveau style.
You see Horta’s influence in the curved bow window, the iron boot scraper and, most of all, the fabulously ornate letter box. Rosenboom proudly added a carved signature on a stone next to the door.
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