DRESSING TABLE, CIRCA 1900
Carved wood with a vegetal decor
146 cm. high
Bibliography
Laurence Buffet-Challié Le Modern Style, Baschet & Cie, éditeurs, n.d., ill. p. 66, falsely attributed to Georges Hoentschel
Coiffeuse en noyer ciré teinté et érable blanc sculpté d’un décor végétal Hauteur de la table : 75,5 cm Hauteur totale : 146 cm Largeur max. du plateau : 90 cm
Bibliographie Laurence Buffet-Challié, Le Modern Style, Baschet & Cie, éditeurs, n.d., repr. p. 66, faussement attribué à Georges Hoentschel
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
