Skip to main content

Wolfers shop

The Wolfers Shop, designed in 1912 by Victor Horta for the renowned Brussels jewellery house Wolfers Frères, has been meticulously reconstructed at its original scale within a museum gallery. Inside, the story of Wolfers Frères unfolds through a selection of exceptional pieces.

Wolfers shop

Designed by the famous Art Nouveau architect Victor Horta, the new premises of the business of the famous goldsmith jeweller Wolfers Frères in the rue d’Arenberg, Brussels were officially inaugurated on 4 November 1912 and were home to the Wolfers’ business until 1973. Subsequently, the shop furnishings were dismantled and gifted by the Wolfers family to the Museum, where they were set up in a minimal display. In 2017 the shop has been reconstituted, but now in a museum room whose form and size is virtually identical to the original space for which Horta designed the furniture. However, the...

Read more
Dragonfly pendant, gold, enamel, ruby, opal, diamond
Dragonfly pendant, Philippe Wolfers, 1902-1903, Belgium, gold, enamel, ruby, opal, diamond, coll. King Baudouin Foundation

Contact
Werner Adriaenssens
w.adriaenssens@kmkg-mrah.be