BONVALLET Lucien (1861-1919), Designer

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LUCIEN BONVALLET – ANTOINE-ERNEST CARDEILHAC – PAIR OF FRUIT BOWLS, CIRCA 1900

PAIR OF FRUIT BOWLS, CIRCA 1900
Wheel cut crystal on silver bases
With silver and makers marks

Bowl: 25 cm. diameter
Weight of silver base: 1060 gr.

Between 1894 and 1899, Lucien Bonvallet designed for Cardeilhac a large array of silverware destined for the Exposition Universelle. Tea and coffee services in two sizes with their matching trays in engraved silver or pyrographed with silver mounts, handles and finials in either ebony or tinted ivory, sculpted ivory and silver candy dishes, vases, soup tureens, vegetable dishes and plates, fruit bowls, scent bottles, eggcups, a large centerpiece that included a jardinière and candlesticks. He drew his inspiration from flowers and plants which were transposed on the various models: thistles, columbines, mistletoe, clovers and chestnut leaves

All of those models were exhibited in January and February 1913 at the pavillon de Marsan, Musée des Arts décoratifson the occasion of a retrospective exhibition of Lucien Bonvallet

LUCIEN BONVALLET – ANTOINE-ERNEST CARDEILHAC – FIVE PIECE SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE, CIRCA 1900

FIVE PIECE SILVER TEA AND COFFEE SERVICE, CIRCA 1900
Comprising a coffee-pot, tea-pot, sugar bowl with cover, cream jug and matching tray, decorated with chased clover leaves, finely carved wood handles
Each piece monogrammed and stamped Cardeilhac Paris, with French silver marks

The coffee-pot: 13.5 cm. high; the tea-pot: 12 cm. high; the sugar pot: 7.5 cm. high;
the cream jug: 4 cm. high; the tray: 35.5 cm. long

It is likely that this design was shown in the competition held in 1899 by l’Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs for the purpose of selecting artists for the Exposition Universelle of 1900
for which Bonvallet, Cardeilhac and Viat were rewarded (Revue des Arts Décoratifs, 1899, p. 118).

LUCIEN BONVALLET – ANTOINE-ERNEST CARDEILHAC – TWO HANDLED FOOTED VASE, 1897

TWO HANDLED FOOTED VASE, 1897
Engraved, repoussé and applied silver
Signed CARDEILHAC and bearing Minerva and makers marks
30.5 cm. high

Exhibition

Salon de la Libre Esthétique, 1897

Bibliography
Victor Champier, L’Exposition Universelle de Bruxelles (2ème article) – L’Art et l’Industrie en Belgique – l’Exposition Française,
Revue des Arts Décoratifs, 1897, ill. p. 389: “M. Cardeilhac se distinguait par des vases exécutés au repoussé, d’une composition particulièrement élégante”.

LUCIEN BONVALLET – ANTOINE-ERNEST CARDEILHAC – “CHARDONS” TEA, COFFEE AND CHOCOLATE SERVICE, CIRCA 1895

“CHARDONS” TEA, COFFEE AND CHOCOLATE SERVICE, CIRCA 1895
Comprising coffee pot, teapot, cream jug, chocolate whisk, sugar bowl and cover, and sugar tongs
in silver ; samovar, burner, and tray in silver-plated metal ; the handles in stained ivory
Each marked CARDEILHAC PARIS, with Minerva and silversmith marks
The samovar: 38 cm. high
The tray: 67.3 cm. wide

Bibliography
Dedo Von Kerssenbrock-Krosigt, Modern Art of Metalwork – Bröhan Museum,
Berlin, 2001, p. 385 (chocolate pot with mistletoe design illustrated)

Between 1894 and 1899, Lucien Bonvallet designed several silverware pieces intended
for the Exposition Universelle of 1900, all decorated with a vegetal pattern such as thistles,
columbines, mistletoe, clovers, etc.
These models were exhibited on the occasion of a retrospective dedicated to Lucien Bonvallet
in January and February 1913, at the Pavillon de Marsan, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris

LUCIEN BONVALLET – ANTOINE-ERNEST CARDEILHAC – CHOCOLATE JUG, CIRCA 1900

CHOCOLATE JUG, CIRCA 1900
Silver, vermeil, green stained ivory
The handle in stained ivory
Signed
21 cm. high

Between 1894 and 1899, Lucien Bonvallet designed several silverware pieces intended
for the Exposition Universelle of 1900, all decorated with a vegetal pattern such as thistles,
columbines, mistletoe, clovers, etc.
These models were exhibited on the occasion of a retrospective dedicated to Lucien Bonvallet
in January and February 1913, at the Pavillon de Marsan, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris

Bibliography
Art et Décoration, December 1900, p. 163: illustration of a chocolate jug with a different design
L’Art français moderne, January 1916, p. 30
Maurice Rheims, L’Objet 1900, Arts et métiers graphiques, Paris, 1964, identical model decorated with clovers,
red stained ivory, ill. p. 96 , ill. n° 58
Tony Bouilhet, L’Orfèvrerie française au XXème siècle, Émile-Paul frères edition, Paris, (thistles model)
Annelies Krekel-Aalberse, Argenterie Art Nouveau et Art Déco, les éditions de l’amateur, Paris, 1990, ill. p. 79, n. 55 (thistles model)

LUCIEN BONVALLET – ANTOINE-ERNEST CARDEILHAC – VASE, CIRCA 1900

VASE, CIRCA 1900
Silver
Marked CARDEILHAC PARIS with the letter A, with silversmith’s mark and french Minerva mark
18.5 cm. high

Between 1894 and 1899, Lucien Bonvallet designed several silverware pieces intended
for the Exposition Universelle of 1900, all decorated with a vegetal pattern such as thistles,
columbines, mistletoe, clovers, etc.
These models were exhibited on the occasion of a retrospective dedicated to Lucien Bonvallet
in january and february 1913, at the Pavillon de Marsan, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris