Leyniers family

The Leyniers family (/lɛnɪjɛ/) is a bourgeois family that appeared in Brussels in the 15th century and produced many high-level tapestry makers and dyers, experts in the art of dyeing in subtle shades the woolen threads destined for this trade.

Leyniers family
New coat of arms
Parent familySeven Noble Houses of Brussels
Country Spanish Netherlands

 Austrian Netherlands
United Belgian States
 Kingdom of France
 French First Republic
 First French Empire
 United Kingdom of the Netherlands

 Kingdom of Belgium
Place of origin Duchy of Brabant
 Brussels
Founded15th century
Motto
DEO ET ARTE

(God and Art)
Tapestry by Évrard Leyniers, Neptune gives birth to the horse by striking the earth with his trident, after a work by Jacques Jordaens, circa 1650-1660.

Many members of this family also participated in the management of the city of Brussels and were part of the magistracy either in the Guilds or in the Seven Noble Houses.

History

The members of the Leyniers family exercised their art of tapestry making until the last quarter of the eighteenth century and many museums in Europe[1][2] and the rest of the world[3][2] have tapestries from their workshops in their collections.

Several members were part of the Drapery Court of Brussels.[4]

Daniel Leyniers was the last of this family to have exercised in this industry but despite all his efforts he was forced during the winter of 1767-1768 to definitively close his workshops. He then devoted himself to the manufacture of lace.

The Leyniers family who participated with honor in the Resistance paid a heavy tribute to the defense of the fatherland during the Second World War and was decimated by the German occupation, murdered in the concentration camps or by firing squads.

Members

Several members were part of the Drapery Court of Brussels as seen on this roll of arms (1713-1724).

A few tapestries by members of the family

Heraldry

Coat of arms of the Leyniers family
Notes
These arms are those of the Leyniers branch that was ennobled by King Leopold II on 20 December 1906 and were modified from the original family arms that were used as early as 1713.
Adopted
1906
Crest
The same goat issant.
Torse
Argent and azure.
Helm
Argent, grilled, collared and edged or, doubled and stringed gules.
Escutcheon
Azure, a goat rampant argent atop a rock proper.
Motto
DEO ET ARTE (Latin for God and Art)
Other elements
Lambrequins argent and azure
Previous versions

Allied families

  • de Bay
  • vanden Cautere
  • Delsarte
  • De Maeyere
  • Devolder
  • van Dievoet
  • François
  • van Helmont
  • L'Olivier
  • de Maeyere
  • van der Meulen
  • van Orley
  • van Overloop
  • Platteborse
  • van Schoonendonck
  • Tharin
  • t'Kindt

See also

Bibliography

  • 1878 : Alphonse Wauters, Les tapisseries bruxelloises. Essai historique sur les tapisseries et les tapissiers de haute- et basse-lice de Bruxelles, Ve Julien Printer, Baertsoen, Bruxelles, 1878.
  • 1978 : Sophie Schneebalg-Perelman, « Les débuts de la tapisserie bruxelloise au XIVe siècle et son importance durant la première moitié du XVe siècle » in Annales de la Société royale d'archéologie de Bruxelles, Volume LV, 1978.
  • 1988 : Michel Vanwelkenhuyzen and Pierre de Tienne, « Une famille de tapissiers bruxellois, les Leyniers », in: L'intermédiaire des généalogistes, Bruxelles, n°256, nov-déc 1988.
  • 1992 : Paul Begheyn, Abraham Leyniers : een Nijmeegse boekverkoper uit de zeventiende eeuw : met een uitgave van zijn correspondentie uit de jaren 1634-1644, Nimègue, Nijmeegs Museum ‘Commanderie van Sint Jan’, 1992.
  • 2004 : Koenraad Brosens, A Contextual Study of Brussels Tapestry, 1670-1770. The Dye Works and Tapestry Workshop of Urbanus Leyniers (1674-1747), Brussels : Academy Palace, 2004.

References

  1. "Tapisseries | MSK Gent". www.mskgent.be (in French). Retrieved 2019-11-18.
  2. "Tapestry and tapestry design". www.wga.hu. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
  3. www.metmuseum.org https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/226800. Retrieved 2019-11-18. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. Armorial de la Gilde Drapière, Bibliothèque Royale, Cabinet des Manuscrit, ms. G123.
  5. Royal Library, pamphlet of 1787, II 89480 A : Liste des noms des messieurs du comité et des messieurs les volontaires agrégés aux 5 serments en la ville de Bruxelles pour le maintien du bon ordre ; and also : A.G.R. Corps de métiers et Serments de Brabant, anno 1787, n° 1012.
  6. Dr. A. Cordier, Histoire de l'ordre maçonnique en Belgique, Mons, 1854, p. 417.
  7. Brosens, Koenraad (2018-09-01). "Not So Splendiferous Brussels Baroque Tapestry: Daniel Leyniers (1618–1688) Recovered". Source: Notes in the History of Art. 38 (1): 24–34. doi:10.1086/701316. ISSN 0737-4453.

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