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IVAN DA SILVA-BRUHNS (1881-1980)
Lot 338 PROPERTY OF FUNDACIÓN ZALDUMBIDE ROSALES

IVAN DA SILVA-BRUHNS (1881-1980)

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

Closed9 December 2022

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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
6 ft. 2 in. x 2 ft. 8 1/2 in. (188 x 82.8 cm)
woven with manufacturer's monogram

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

Specialist note

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