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EUGENE GRASSET – VEVER – “APPARITIONS” BROOCH, CIRCA 1900

“APPARITIONS” BROOCH, CIRCA 1900
Gold, enamel, ivory and cabochons topaz
Signed; with gold mark and maker’s mark
6 x 4 cm.

Exhibition
Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900, groupe XV, classe 95 (now at the Musée d’Orsay), ill. in colour on the cover
of the Decorative Arts catalogue of the Musée d’Orsay
Le Bijou 1900, Hôtel Solvay, Bruxelles, May 1965, n. 83
French Jewellery of the Nineteenth Century, Wartsky, Londres, 13-23 June 2001, ill. in color on the cover of the catalogue
Roger Marx, un critique aux côtés de Gallé, Monet, Rodin, Gauguin…, Nancy, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Musée de l’Ecole de Nancy,
6 May-28 August 2006, ill. p. 232, n. 170 in the exhibition catalogue
Eugéne Grasset, 1845-1917. L’art et l’ornement. Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, 18 March-13 June 2011,
n. 167, ill. p. 149

Bibliography
Maud Ernstyl, Les Bijoux d’Art à l’Exposition de 1900, Revue de la Bijouterie, Joaillerie, Orfèvrerie, n. 9, January 1901, ill. p. 152
Henri Vever, La Bijouterie française au XIXème siècle, Paris, 1908, ill. p. 669
International Exhibition of Modern Jewellery 1890-1961, Goldsmith’s Hall, London 1961 n. 352
G. Hughes, Modern Jewelry. An International Survey 1890-1964, London 1964, p. 103, ill. n. 172
Jean Lanllier, Marie-Anne Pini, Fünf Jahrhunderte abendländischer Schmuckkunst, München 1971, ill. p. 205
Victor Arwas, Berthon & Grasset, Academy editions, London, 1978, ill. p. 82
Anne Murray-Robertson, Grasset – Pionnier de l’Art Nouveau, Bibliothèque des Arts, Paris, 1981, ill. p. 90
Les Fouquet, Musée des Arts décoratifs, Flammarion, 1983, ill. p. 20
Vivienne Becker, Art Nouveau Jewelry, Thames and Hudson Ltd, London 1985, ill. p. 56, ill. n. 62
Michael Koch, Evelyne Possémé & al., Pariser Schmuck Vom Zweiten Kaiserreich zur Belle Epoque, Hirmer Verlag München, 1989, ill. p. 202, n. 123
A. Kenneth Snowman & al., Ma?tres Joailliers, Thames and Hudson Ltd, London, 1990, repr. p. 150
Art Nouveau 1890-1914, V & A publications, 2000, ill. p. 23
Philippe Thiébaut et al., l’ABCdaire du Symbolisme et de l’Art Nouveau, Flammarion, Paris, 1997, ill. p. 51
Rolende van Strydonck de Burkel, Le Bijou Art Nouveau en Europe, Editions Racine, Bruxelles, 1998, ill. p. 96
Anne Murray-Robertson, Eugène Grasset – Un certain regard de la femme, 1998, ill. p. 50
Renate Ulmer, Art Nouveau Symbolismus und Jugendstil in Frankreich, Arnoldsche, 1999, ill. p. 259, n. 261

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JOE DESCOMPS – LEON GARIOD – GOLD, ENAMEL, PERIDOT, PEARL PENDANT, CIRCA 1900

GOLD, ENAMEL, PERIDOT, PEARL PENDANT, CIRCA 1900
Bearing the monogram of the artist
With eagle’s head and maker’s mark

Bibliography
We can compare this pendant to a pendant exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1901 and ill. in l’ Art Décoratif, July 1901, p. 142
Mario Amaya, Art Nouveau, Studio Vista Limited, 1966, ill. p. 113
Ulrike von Hase-Schmundt, Jugendstil schmuck – Die europäischen Zentren – Von 1895 bis 1915, Wilhem Heyne Verlag, München, 1998, similar example ill. p. 57
Imperishable Beauty – Art Nouveau Jewelry, MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA, ill. p. 140, (Collection Sataloff)

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FREDERIC BOUCHERON – EMILE GUILLAUME – LUCIEN HIRTZ – PAIR OF ‘’FLAMBEAUX’’ CANDLESTICKS, CIRCA 1900

PAIR OF ‘’FLAMBEAUX’’ CANDLESTICKS, CIRCA 1900
Fine-cut gilt silver, carved ivory and translucent enamel
Signed F. Boucheron and Emile Guillaume, with silversmith and French Minerva marks
32.5 cm. high

Unique exhibition piece
The design of the mount and the translucent enamels are by Lucien Hirtz

Exhibition
Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900
L’Exposition des ivoires, Palais Galliera, June 1903
Exposition de la Maison Boucheron, described as ”Flambeaux. Statuettes d’ivoire”, by Guillaume
Boucheron 130 années de création et d’émotion, Institut de France, Musée Jacquemard – André, Paris, 16 September – 31 October 1988, n. 61 in the catalogue

Bibliography
Paul Vitry, L’Orfèvrerie à l’Exposition (de 1900), Art et Décoration, December 1900, p. 174 :”…et des chandeliers qui sont de véritables bijoux composés de petites figurines d’ivoire et d’une corolle d’émaux formant bobèche”
Victor Champier, Les Industries d’Art à l’Exposition Universelle de 1900, Paris, Bureaux de la Revue des Arts Décoratifs, 1902, Tome II, a candlestick is ill. p. 180 “Porte-bougie en argent, figure ivoire” (M. Boucheron, orfèvre)
“De Guillaume aussi, étaient les deux petites figures d’ivoire enlacées par un roseau qui se terminait par une fleur en émail translucide servant de bobèche à des flambeaux”, Ministère du Commerce, de l’Industrie, des Postes et des Télégraphes – Exposition Universelle de 1900 à Paris – Rapports du Jury international – Classe 94 Orfèvrerie, Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1902, p. 61
“Moins ambitieux et plus heureux sont MM. Boucheron et Vever. Dans la vitrine du premier on peut voir deux flambeaux, ivoire et émail, sculptés par M. Guillaume et une jolie pendule, où l’ivoire s’allie à l’or et à l’émail ; le second présente une broche et un pendant de cou, composés par Grasset. Ces deux bijoux sont déposés aux pieds d’une élégante ” Phryné “, signés de M. Scailliet.” Charles Saunier, L’ivoire au musée Galliéra, L’Art Décoratif, July 1903, p. 57
Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900.
L’Exposition des ivoires, musée Galliéra, June 1903, vitrine n°13. Maison Boucheron exhibition, described as “Flambeaux. Statuettes d’ivoire, par Guillaume”
Boucheron 130 années de création et d’émotion, Institut de France, musée Jacquemard-André, Paris 16 September – 31 October 1988, n. 61 in the exhibition catalogue

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LOUIS DEJEAN – ADRIEN-AURELIEN HEBRARD – “LA DAME AU GRAND MANTEAU”

“LA DAME AU GRAND MANTEAU”
Bronze with a dark brown patina, cast after 1905
Signed, marked (M), and with foundry mark;
bearing an exhibition label at the Musée des
Arts Décoratifs, Paris,
marked 1933 and M. Hébrard; an inventory label marked 2487; and another label marked Douane Centrale / Paris
37.5 cm. high

Another example commissioned by the French State in 1904 for the Musée du Luxembourg belongs to the Musée d’Orsay, Paris, inv. LUX 214

Exhibition
Salon National des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1904, 1899 for an example in terracotta
Exposition de la statuette, Musée Galliéra, Paris, 1914, n. 152 of the exhibition catalogue
Roger Marx, un critique aux côtés de Gallé, Monet, Rodin, Gauguin…, Nancy, Musée des Beaux-Arts
Musée de l’Ecole de Nancy, 6 May – 28 August 2006, ill. p. 237, n. 176 in the exhibition catalogue

Bibliography
L’Art Décoratif, June 1904, an example in plaster ill. p. 230

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EMILE GALLE – SELLETTE, CIRCA 1900

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

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PRINCE BOJIDAR KARAGEORGEVITCH – A RARE SET OF 12 COFFEE SPOONS, CIRCA 1900

A RARE SET OF 12 COFFEE SPOONS, CIRCA 1900
Silver gilt; each one with a different stylized floral decor
Bearing the monogram B

Six of the same spoons are part of the collections of The Victoria & Albert Museum, London, ref. 142-9-1964
They were displayed in the exhibition Art Nouveau – 1890-1914, 6 April – 30 July 2000, Victoria & Albert Museum

Exhibition
Exposition Universelle de 1900, Paris

Bibliography
Roger Marx, La Décoration et les Industries d’Art à l’Exposition Universelle de 1900, Delagrave éditeur, Paris 1901, p. 71
L’Art Décoratif, February 1902, p. 204
Greenhalgh, Paul Ed., Art Nouveau 1890-1914, V&A Publications, London, 2000, ill. p. 235
Prince Bojidar Karageorgevitch as a silversmith, London, The Magazine of Art, January 1901, p. 185

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FRENCH – LOUIS MAJORELLE – “FEMME AUX IRIS”, A PAIR OF WALL SCONCES DESIGNED FOR THE RESTAURANT LUCAS CARTON, CIRCA 1902

“FEMME AUX IRIS”, A PAIR OF WALL SCONCES DESIGNED FOR THE RESTAURANT LUCAS CARTON, CIRCA 1902
Gilt and chased bronze, the petals of the iris in hammered copper
96.5 cm. high
39.5 cm. wide

Lucas Carton is one of the first gourmet restaurants in Paris. Located on the prestigious Place de la Madeleine,
it is famous for its exceptional Art Nouveau interior designed by Louis Majorelle at the turn of the 20th century

The pair of appliques we are offering was acquired from the Benedict Silverman Collection, New York

Bibliography
Fin de siècle masterpieces from the Silverman collection, New York, 1989, one wall-light illustrated p. 180, n. 90

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COMTE ENGUERRAND DU SUAU DE LA CROIX – GABRIELLE DEBILLEMONT-CHARDON – MEDALLION, UNIQUE PIECE, CIRCA 1900

MEDALLION, UNIQUE PIECE, CIRCA 1900
Medallion with the portrait of a woman (by G. Debillemont-Chardon) encircled in a silver mount decorated with plique-à-jour enamels and opal cabochons; the chain in gold
The medallion signed lower right and the mount signed Cte DU SUAU / DE LA CROIX
10.5 cm. diameter

Exhibition
Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1903
Exposition de la Parure précieuse de la Femme, Musée Galliéra, 1908

Bibliography
L’Art Décoratif aux Expositions des Beaux-Arts, 1ère exposition, 1903, pl. 253
Exposition de la Parure précieuse de la Femme, Musée Galliéra, Librairie d’Art décoratif, 1908, Armand Guérinet éditeur, pl. 65

Provenance
Marquise de Polignac

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DAUM NANCY – VASE, CIRCA 1905

VASE, CIRCA 1905
Internally decorated, applied and wheel-carved. The neck is pulled, cut and finished by hand
Signed
33 cm. high

Exhibition
L’Art Nouveau la Révolution décorative, Pinacothèque de Paris, 18 April-8 September 2013, p. 82,
n. 43 in the exhibition catalogue

Bibliography
Clotilde Bacri, Daum, Milan, 1992, ill. p. 127

Provenance
Bought directly from the Daimaru Museum, Japan

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EDMOND HENRI BECKER – COMB, 1902

COMB, 1902
Carved and patinated ivory
Bearing the monogram of the artist on the reverse
15 cm. long

The museum of  Decorative Arts in Paris has two combs by Becker quite
similar to ours

Exhibition
Salon de la Société des artistes français, 1902
Exposition de la Parure précieuse de la Femme, musée Galliéra, 1908, similar model in carved horn
French Jewellery of the Nineteenth Century – A Loan Exhibition, Wartsky, London, 13-23 June 2001,  ill. p. 47, n. 255 in the catalogue

Bibliography
L’Art Décoratif, July 1902, ill. p. 149
J. Tronçay, L’Art Décoratif au Salon de 1902, Revue de la bijouterie, de l’orfèvrerie et de la joaillerie, August 1902, ill. p. 128
L’Art Appliqué, 1903-1904, H. Laurens éditeur, ill. pl. 32
Exposition de la Parure précieuse de la Femme, musée Galliéra, 1908, edited by Armand Guérinet, similar model in carved horn ill. pl. 28
Béatrice Salmon, Chefs-d’oeuvre du Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, les Arts décoratifs, 2006, 222p. ISBN 2-901422-86-1 (p. 132-133)

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HENRI HUSSON – SPOON, CIRCA 1900

SPOON, CIRCA 1900
Ribbed silver, the handle decorated with leaves and beetles in relief
With silversmith and French Minerva marks
25 cm. long

Provenance
Formerly in the collection of the late Nourhan Manoukian

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HECTOR GUIMARD – PAUL PHILIPPON – VASE, CIRCA 1900

VASE, CIRCA 1900
Gilt bronze with a relief decoration of swirls
26.7 cm. high

Exhibition
Hector Guimard, March 1970-April 1971: The Museum of Modern Art, New York
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris

Bibliography
Victor Arwas, Art Nouveau: The French Aesthetic, Andreas Papadakis Publisher, London, 2002, ill. p. 34-35
Exposition Guimard, Musée d’Orsay, Paris 1992, p. 258, ill. 1, n. 65 in the album dedicated to the Castel Béranger; for the design in stoneware, n. 4
New Architecture, Number 6, October 2000, Andreas Papadakis publisher, in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum, ill. p. 8
Hector Guimard, March 1970-April 1971, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, ill. p. 33, n. 82 in the exhibition catalogue

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EMILE DECOEUR – PITCHER, CIRCA 1900

PITCHER, CIRCA 1900
Sang-de-boeuf glaze, decorated with a relief decoration of grape
Monogrammed, marked with an impressed trefoil, and numbered 3-12
36.8 cm. high

Exhibition
Kunstgewerbemuseums der Stadt Köln, 10 April-28 July 1974 for another example of this design
Kestner-Museum Hannover, 22 August-3 November 1974 for another example of this design
Hessischen Landesmuseum Darmstadt, 12 December-2 February 1975 for another example of this design

Bibliography
Sammlung Maria und Hans-Jörgen Heuser, Französische Keramik zwischen 1850 und 1910, Hamburg, Prestel-Verlag München,
1974, plate n. 21 and p. 218, n. 167 in the exhibition catalogue