GEORGES DE FEURE – THREE-LEAF SCREEN, CIRCA 1899
THREE-LEAF SCREEN, CIRCA 1899
Rosewood and embroidered felt. Carved Art Nouveaud design
The panels in green felt, decoration of stylized water lilies
135 cm. high
137 cm. wide
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THREE-LEAF SCREEN, CIRCA 1899
Rosewood and embroidered felt. Carved Art Nouveaud design
The panels in green felt, decoration of stylized water lilies
135 cm. high
137 cm. wide
UMBRELLA STAND “AUX GRENOUILLES”, CIRCA 1900
Carved wood and exotic wood marquetry, decorated with flowers and mushrooms
With its inner case
Signed
70.5 x 46 x 24 cm.
Bibliography
Art Nouveau Belgium-France, Institute for the Arts, Rice University, 1976,
p. 224, n. 341
“FLANEUSE N. 43” ARMCHAIR
Carved oak and original tooled leather
104 x 75 x 90 cm.
The model illustrated in the catalogue of La Maison Moderne is made of antelope leather lined with silk.
Our example is identical to the one exhibited at the 1906 SAD (Société des Artistes Décorateurs)
Exhibition
Société des Artistes Décorateurs, 1906
Bibliography
“Documents sur l’Art Industriel au XXe siècle”, édition de la Maison Moderne, Paris, ill p. 16 (Ameublement et Décoration)
L’Art Décoratif, January 1903, ill. p. 19
Georges de Bartha, L’Art 1900, sd, ill. p. 140
Renate Ulmer, Art Nouveau Symbolismus und Jugendstil in Frankreich, Arnoldsche, 1999, ill. p. 165, n. 153
Provenance
Maison Moinat, Rolle, Switzerland
Neumann collection, Gingins, Switzerland, acquired in 1971
SALON SUITE, CIRCA 1900
Carved mahogany; comprising:
One sofa, two armchairs, two chairs
The sofa: 93 cm. high; 161.5 cm. wide
Each armchair: 101 cm. high; 64 cm. wide
Each chair: 92.5 cm. high; 46 cm. wide
Exhibition
Another example of this salon suite was exhibited at the 1900 Exposition Universelle, Paris, in Siegfried Bing’s pavilion, L’Art Nouveau Bing, with a multitude of artworks including jewellery by Edward Colonna and other furniture and decorative objects by Georges de Feure, Eugène Gaillard and Marcel Bing
RARE MANTLEPIECE MIRROR FRAME, CIRCA 1900
Carved wood and gilt stucco designed as “laser ribolum” leaves.
174 x 110 cm.
Restored.
Bibliography
Frédéric Descouturelles, Eugène Vallin Menuisier d’art de l’école de Nancy, imprimerie moderne, December 1998, ill. p. 84
Cadre de miroir de cheminée en bois et stuc doré à décor de laser tribolum.
Restauré.
174 x 110 cm
Bibliographie
Frédéric Descouturelles, Eugène Vallin Menuisier d’art de l’école de Nancy, imprimerie moderne, décembre 1998, repr. p. 84
CHAIR, CIRCA 1900
Carved walnut, tooled, embossed and patinated leather
The model was first presented in the Art Nouveau Bing pavillon at the Exposition Universelle of 1900
105.5 cm. high
Exhibition
Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900
Bibliography
Art et Décoration, August 1900, ill. p. 43 (the leather with a different design)
Renate Ulmer, Art Nouveau Symbolismus und Jugendstil in Frankreich, Arnoldsche, 1999, ill. p. 144, n. 132 (the leather with a different design)
“LES OMBELLIFERES” DISPLAY CABINET, CIRCA 1900
Carved and moulded walnut
The interior has shaped shelves with naturalistic supports, and a back panel with an umbel motif in marquetry using different woods. The side panels and the glazed door, decorated with umbellifers and a butterfly in flight, are also in marquetry
Signed GALLÉ in marquetry
Height: 150 cm
Width: 63 cm
Depth: 43 cm
FIRESCREEN, CIRCA 1900
Rosewood with a design of magnolia flowers in mother-of-pearl and wood marquetry on
leather and copper slats
Unidentified initials
85 cm. high
88 cm. long
DISPLAY TABLE, TWO CHAIRS AND TWO ARMCHAIRS, 1899
Ash and maple veneer
The table: 76 cm. high; 112.7 cm. long; 58.2 cm. deep
Each chair: 92.5 cm. high; 45.5 cm. wide
Each armchair: 96 cm. high; 67.7 cm. wide
Bibliography
L’Art Décoratif, November 1899, the table and a chair ill. p. 70
Provenance
Specially commissioned by the menswear shop “Roddy”, corner of the boulevard des Italiens and rue Drouot in Paris
TABLE, CIRCA 1900
Exotic wood
Removable upper tray
Decorated with aquatic plants and waterlilies on the upper part; flowers, waterlilies and a small frog on the lower part
Signed on upper and lower shelves
82 cm. high; 60 cm. wide; 41.5 cm. deep
ARMCHAIR “FLÂNEUSE” N. 43, CIRCA 1900
Sculpted wood
104 x 75 x 90 cm.
Bibliography
Documents sur l’Art Industriel au XXe siècle, édition de la Maison Moderne, Paris, ill. p. 16 (Ameublement et Décoration)
L’Art Décoratif, January 1903, ill. p. 19
SELLETTE, CIRCA 1900
Sculpted walnut and exotic wood marquetry
Signed
104 cm. high
Bibliography
Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, n. 3, 1898-1899, view of the stand of Emile Gallé at the first exhibition of the Künstlerkolonie Mathildenhöhe in Darmstadt, 1898
VITRINE, CIRCA 1900
Mahogany with a marquetry decoration of apple blossoms
150 x 40 x 30 cm.
GUERIDON, CIRCA 1900
Walnut, decorated with inlaid water leaves patterns
Inlaid signature L. Majorelle
Height: 77 cm.
Diameter: 77 cm.
Grand guéridon triangulé, en noyer reverni, piétement tripode végétal sculpté de boutons floraux supérieurs, couronnés de larges éléments rainurés maintenant la ceinture ondée, plateau triangulé à large bordure, formant bassin à décor de grands motifs marquetés de feuilles d’eau.
Signature marquetée L. Majorelle.
Hauteur : 77 cm
Diamètre : 77 cm
GUERIDON, CIRCA 1900
Walnut, the top inlaid
Signed
Height: 73 cm.
Guéridon tripode en noyer, plateau en marqueterie, pieds fuselés
Signé
Hauteur : 73 cm
Diamètre : 53,5 cm
GRANDFATHER CLOCK, CIRCA 1910
Carved wood with bronze handles
Bearing the artist’s monogram on the upper door and signed in full on the side
222 cm. high
53 cm. wide
32 cm. deep
Pendule de parquet, bois sculpté, poignées de portes en bronze.
Monogramme sur la porte supérieure.
Signée en toutes lettres sur le côté.
Hauteur : 222 cm
Largeur max : 53 cm
Profondeur : 32 cm
PLANT STAND, CIRCA 1900
Wrought iron
69 cm. high
92 cm. wide
The vase is sold separately
Bibliography
Karin Blanc, Ferronnerie en Europe au XXème siècle, éditions Monelle Hayot, 2015, ill. p. 195
TABLE, CIRCA 1901-1902
Mahogany, marquetry and brass table, with a floral decor
Height: 91 cm.
Width: 73 cm.
Depth: 52 cm.
Bibliography
Alastair Duncan, Fin de siècle masterpieces from the Silverman collection, 1989, similar example
ill. p. 118, n. 58
SELLETTE, CIRCA 1900
Carved walnut. Lower section with four fixed shelves.
Height: 112 cm.
Dimensions of the upper shelf: 36 x 36 cm.
Bibliography
Art et Décoration, January 1902, ill. p. 22
CEYLON SATINWOOD TABLE
Moulded and carved with Saint Bruno lilies; rectangular top, the frieze decorated with a garland of flowers on an ebony and mother-of-pearl marquetry ground
Slightly curved and fluted legs
Height: 75.5 cm
Top dimensions: 110 × 65 cm.
Exhibition
Exhibited at the Exposition de l’Intérieur, 3rd Salon des Industries du Mobilier, July–October 1908
Bibliography
Ian Millman, Georges de Feure, p. 214 to p. 216
TWO CHAIRS, CIRCA 1900
Sculpted wood
90.5 cm. high
Bibliography
Art et Décoration, 1900, vol. II, ill. p. 44
G. Weisberg, Art Nouveau Bing, ill. p. 181, fig. 177
Deux chaises en bois sculpté
Hauteur : 90,5 cm
Bibliographie
Art et Décoration, 1900, vol. II, repr. p. 44.
Album de référence de l’Art Nouveau, Bibliothèque du musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.
G. Weisberg, Art Nouveau Bing, rep. p. 181, fig. 177.
ARMCHAIR, CIRCA 1900
Walnut
Bibliography
Meubles de style moderne à l’Exposition Universelle de 1900, Sections française et étrangères,
published under the direction of Th. Lambert, architect, Charles Schmidt éditor, Paris, nd. ill. pl. 17, fig. 2
Ian Millman Georges de Feure Maître du symbolisme et de l’art nouveau, ACR édition, Paris, ill. p. 155
Art Nouveau: An Architectural Indulgence, New Architecture 6 October 2000, Andreas Papadakis publisher,
in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, ill. p. 67
84 cm. high
Exhibition
Exposition Universelle of 1900, Paris
TWO TRAY TEA TABLE, CIRCA 1900
The bronze tray is removable
Height: 92 cm
Length and width of the lower tray: 81.5 x 59.2 cm.
Tray in bronze: 36 x 22 cm.
Table à thé à deux plateaux, un plateau en bronze à deux anses repose sur la tablette du dessus
Hauteur : 92 cm
Longueur et largeur du plateau inférieur : 81,5 x 59,2 cm
Plateau en bronze : 36 x 22 cm
TWO-TIER TABLE, CIRCA 1900
Marquetry of precious woods
The top features a decoration of a dragonfly on a marsh iris. The lower tier has a central motif of flying insects
Marquetry signature on the top
74 x 61 x 39 cm.