French Art Deco Rug by Ivan Da Silva Bruhns
About the Item
- Creator:Ivan da Silva Bruhns (Designer)
- Dimensions:Width: 40.56 in (103 cm)Length: 82.68 in (210 cm)
- Style:Art Deco (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:1930s
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Soho, London, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU3667317388332
Ivan da Silva Bruhns
Painter and rug designer Ivan da Silva Bruhns is widely recognized for his spare but provocative Art Deco–style area rugs and carpets.
Born in 1881 in Paris to Brazilian parents, da Silva Bruhns studied biology and medicine before serving as a doctor during World War I. Following the end of the war, he instead focused on pursuing an artistic career.
During the early 1920s, da Silva Bruhns met several important Art Deco artists of the period, including designer and ensemblier Jules Leleu. He soon developed his own Cubist style in his art — akin to that of Pablo Picasso — which characterized many of his oil paintings.
By the 1920s, da Silva Bruhns became deeply interested in non-Western art, particularly rug weaving traditions and the visually dazzling Berber carpets found in Morocco. He’d first come into contact with Berber textiles at an exhibition of Moroccan art that was staged at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, in 1917. Moroccan rugs date back to the Paleolithic era, when Berber tribes, which comprised many different members of an ethnic group native to North Africa, would weave these textiles with intricate images and symbols.
Da Silva Bruhns’s skills in weaving were largely self-taught — he learned about textile artistry by unraveling rugs that were created in the Eastern world in order to study and understand their structure. With time, he eventually mastered the practice of hand-knotting carpets, using the technique associated with the Savonnerie manufactory.
Da Silva Bruhns’s works soon garnered critical acclaim. At the 1925 L’Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes — the large art fair that introduced the Art Deco style to the world — he was awarded a Grand Prix. His rugs were also featured at the Paris Exposition Coloniale. During this period, da Silva Bruhns opened a workshop in Savigny-sur-Orge and had established showrooms in Paris. He partnered with the likes of Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann and Louis Majorelle, and was a designer at Leleu’s firm.
Throughout the 1930s, da Silva Bruhns became known for his decorative rugs. Among his most important commissions was in 1931, when he designed the carpets for Manik Bagh (Jewel Garden) — the Palace of the Maharaja of Indore. By then, his rug designs often featured one or two bright colors, bold lines and sprawling, overlapping geometric patterns. His eye-catching carpets could also be found on several luxury ocean liners such as SS L’Atlantique, SS Ile-de-France and the SS Normandie.
Although the production of da Silva Bruhns’s carpets ceased during World War II owing to a lack of sales, his rare paintings and rugs are highly sought after today by interior designers and collectors of Art Deco design.
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