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JEAN-BAPTISTE DEWIN AND JOSEPH DE COENE<\/h1>\n

a long-lasting friendship and a fruitful collaboration<\/h3>\n

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The De Coene Brothers Art Studios was founded in Courtrai by Joseph and Adolphe De Coene in 1905, and played an important, international role in construction, the development of interior design, furniture, building techniques and architecture. At the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts held in Paris in 1925, the firm exhibited a \u201cFlemish combined dining room and sitting room\u201d which was awarded First Prize by the international jury: this created new opportunities for De Coene at home and abroad. The huge amount of Art Deco designs produced by De Coene are still highly prized today. In 1929, just before the great depression, the firm reached the apogee of its success and employed almost 2,700 artisans in its various workshops, where entire tree trunks were sawn into planks or veneers before being transformed into sets of furniture exhibited in the company\u2019s showrooms accompanied by accessories made in the firm\u2019s various other workshops: ornaments, metalwork, carpets, marblework, glasswork and light fittings. The firm\u2019s in-house design studio produced detailed designs for both mass-produced and custom-made products, the latter often designed for collaborative projects with architects and others. <\/p>\n

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In the firm\u2019s art and design magazine Glandifer, printed in-house, \u201cit can be said that here \u2018the acorn has grown into a tree\u2019 and, seen from a bird\u2019s eye view, the top of this oak tree seems to be an entire JEAN-BAPTISTE DEWIN AND JOSEPH DE COENE: a long-lasting friendship and a fruitful collaboration Frontispiece of Glandifer, magazine published by De Coene Brothers Art Studios, 1926-1932. 42 43 THE THE forest!\u201d19 This no doubt explains why acorns and oak leaves were so often used to represent the De Coene firm. Joseph De Coene (1875-1950) and Jean-Baptiste Dewin were friends. We do not know when they first met, but it may well have been at the Brussels Fine Arts Academy, where Joseph De Coene studied in 1894. They travelled to the USA together in 1921. De Coene was introduced there to the flourishing triplex industry, based on the process of gluing together three fine wooden veneers, a technique he later developed in his own workshops.<\/p>\n

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* Glandifer, issue 2, June 1927, printed by De Coen Brothers Art Studios, Courtrai.<\/em><\/p>\n

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JEAN-BAPTISTE DEWIN AND JOSEPH DE COENE<\/h1>\n

a long-lasting friendship and a fruitful collaboration<\/h3>\n

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The De Coene Brothers Art Studios was founded in Courtrai by Joseph and Adolphe De Coene in 1905, and played an important, international role in construction, the development of interior design, furniture, building techniques and architecture. At the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts held in Paris in 1925, the firm exhibited a \u201cFlemish combined dining room and sitting room\u201d which was awarded First Prize by the international jury: this created new opportunities for De Coene at home and abroad. The huge amount of Art Deco designs produced by De Coene are still highly prized today. In 1929, just before the great depression, the firm reached the apogee of its success and employed almost 2,700 artisans in its various workshops, where entire tree trunks were sawn into planks or veneers before being transformed into sets of furniture exhibited in the company\u2019s showrooms accompanied by accessories made in the firm\u2019s various other workshops: ornaments, metalwork, carpets, marblework, glasswork and light fittings. The firm\u2019s in-house design studio produced detailed designs for both mass-produced and custom-made products, the latter often designed for collaborative projects with architects and others. <\/p>\n

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In the firm\u2019s art and design magazine Glandifer, printed in-house, \u201cit can be said that here \u2018the acorn has grown into a tree\u2019 and, seen from a bird\u2019s eye view, the top of this oak tree seems to be an entire JEAN-BAPTISTE DEWIN AND JOSEPH DE COENE: a long-lasting friendship and a fruitful collaboration Frontispiece of Glandifer, magazine published by De Coene Brothers Art Studios, 1926-1932. 42 43 THE THE forest!\u201d19 This no doubt explains why acorns and oak leaves were so often used to represent the De Coene firm. Joseph De Coene (1875-1950) and Jean-Baptiste Dewin were friends. We do not know when they first met, but it may well have been at the Brussels Fine Arts Academy, where Joseph De Coene studied in 1894. They travelled to the USA together in 1921. De Coene was introduced there to the flourishing triplex industry, based on the process of gluing together three fine wooden veneers, a technique he later developed in his own workshops.<\/p>\n

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* Glandifer, issue 2, June 1927, printed by De Coen Brothers Art Studios, Courtrai.<\/em><\/p>\n

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2003<\/span><\/div>
January 1<\/div><\/div>
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2003<\/a><\/h2>

Work by Marianne De Wil, decorative paintwork specialist, to create paintwork schemes for the walls of the ground and first floors.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n

1992<\/span><\/div>
January 1<\/div><\/div>
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1992<\/a><\/h2>

Restoration and conversion of the building by the Lantin-Schoreels-Clinquart-Minden architectural practice, under the direction of Andr\u00e9 de Molinari.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n

1979<\/span><\/div>
August 1<\/div><\/div>
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1 AUGUST 1979<\/a><\/h2>

CDA purchases 5 Avenue Henri Hollevoet, thus becoming the owner of all the buildings built in 1927 for Joachim Riez.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n

1963<\/span><\/div>
November 19<\/div><\/div>
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19 NOVEMBER 1963<\/a><\/h2>

Elmyre Riez sells 3 Avenue Henri Hollevoet to CDA.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n

June 28<\/div><\/div>
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28 JUNE 1963<\/a><\/h2>

Elmyre Riez sells the Riez building to CDA.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n

1956<\/span><\/div>
July 3<\/div><\/div>
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3 JULY 1956<\/a><\/h2>

Elmyre and Denise sell 5 Avenue Henri Hollevoet.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n

1948<\/span><\/div>
December 11<\/div><\/div>
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11 DECEMBER 1948<\/a><\/h2>

Death of Joachim Riez. The buildings are inherited by his sisters Elmyre and Denise.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n

1935<\/span><\/div>
March 30<\/div><\/div>
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30 MARCH 1935<\/a><\/h2>

Death of F\u00e9licie-Anna Bovy, wife of Joachim Riez.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n

1928<\/span><\/div>
April 7<\/div><\/div>
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7 APRIL 1928<\/a><\/h2>

The council\u2019s inspector declares the project complete.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n

1927<\/span><\/div>
December 16<\/div><\/div>
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16 DECEMBER 1927<\/a><\/h2>

Second building permit issued by the council covering some small changes to the initial plans.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n

January 26<\/div><\/div>
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26 JANUARY 1927<\/a><\/h2>

Preparation of site begins, followed by construction of 86 and 88 Boulevard du Jubil\u00e9 and 1, 3 and 5 Avenue Henri Hollevoet.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n

January 21<\/div><\/div>
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21 JANUARY 1927<\/a><\/h2>

Building permit issued<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n

January 5<\/div><\/div>
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5 JANUARY 1927<\/a><\/h2>

Joachim Riez submits an application to Molenbeek-Saint-Jean council for a building permit for four buildings designed by the architect Jean-Baptiste Dewin on the plot of land.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n

1925<\/span><\/div>
May 4<\/div><\/div>
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4 MAY 1925<\/a><\/h2>

Purchase of plot of land on the corner of Boulevard du Jubil\u00e9 and Avenue Henri Hollevoet by Joachim Riez.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n