MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SEVRES – GUSTAVE JOSEPH CHERET – LOUIS-JULES MIMARD – CHARLES FRITZ – “VASE DE BOURGES A ANSES”, DESIGNED 1893
“VASE DE BOURGES A ANSES”, DESIGNED 1893
Pâte Nouvelle (PN) 1900
Bearing the triangular manufacturer’s stamp for 1900 and decoration mark for 1903. Signed L. MIMARD
25 cm. high
Another example is in the Musée de Mâcon
Bibliography
The shape illustrated in (with a different decoration):
L’Art Décoratif, October 1900, p. 2 (Exposition Universelle of 1900)
E. Baumgart, La Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres à l’Exposition Universelle de 1900, Paris, Librairie des Beaux-Arts, board 19 (N. 68 in the exhibition catalog)
Jean Paul Midant, Sèvres – La Manufacture au XXème siècle, Paris, Michel Aveline Editeurs,
1992, p. 24
Victor Arwas, Art Nouveau: French Aesthetic, p. 528
Provenance
Joseph Cheret, “directeur des travaux d’art supplémant” from 1886-87 designed only a few forms for Sèvres (one large vase destined for the Paris Opéra foyer). His concentration on a restricted number of models rewarded him with the “Prix de Sèvres” in 1897 for his form and decorative compostion depicting “le Passage de Vénus sur le Soleil”, project for the spacious vestibule of La Bibliothèque Nationale