House with two peacocks
Address Prinses Clementinalaan 45
City/Neighborhood Ghent
Style(s)
- Art Nouveau
Original use
- Habitat
Année 1908
Architect(s) and/or artist(s)
- De Keyser Leon
- Helman Célestin Joseph
Remarkable elements
- Tiles-Ceramics
- Carpentry
- Masonry work-Layout
Léon De Keyser designed this astonishing house in 1908, following in the footsteps of around ten houses on this same avenue.
This unfortunately lost its original ground floor, which became a store.
What characterizes this beautiful facade is the first floor window in a horseshoe arch, surrounded by earthenware panels decorated with peacocks proudly displaying their tails.
The earthenware was manufactured by the Helman workshops, which can be found in a large number of buildings in Brussels, Ghent and Antwerp.
A very elaborate wrought iron console frames the central door and supports the triple-sided loggia on the second floor.
An imposing rounded cornice finishes the facade.
The whole is in very good state of conservation.
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