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PAUL FOLLOT – LA MAISON MODERNE – HAND MIRROR, CIRCA 1902

HAND MIRROR, CIRCA 1902
Gilt and chased copper with turquoise cabochon
Signed
28 cm. long

Bibliography
Der Modern Stil, Julius Hoffmann junior, A Guérinet, Librairie d'Art Décoratif, volume 4, ill. pl. 76, n.4
Documents sur l'Art Industriel au XXème siècle, édition de La Maison Moderne, Paris, Objets en métal, ill.p. 21, ref. 1072-1
Léopold Diego Sanchez, Paul Follot: un artiste décorateur parisien, AAM Editions, 2020, ill. p. 32

FRENCH – CHAMPAGNE GLASS, CIRCA 1900

CHAMPAGNE GLASS, CIRCA 1900
Silver and clear glass with a design of foliage
With French Minerva mark and bearing the inscription:
A . F .
20 Octobre 1826
20 Octobre 1906
12 cm. high
9.5 cm. diameter

HENRI HUSSON – ADRIEN-AURELIEN HEBRARD – “SENECON” VASE, CIRCA 1900

“SENECON” VASE, CIRCA 1900
Bronze and silver, vegetal shape with an applied insect
Signed H. Husson and A. HEBRARD PARIS and bearing the mark H h in a square
18 cm. high

Exhibition
Exhibition of fifty original works by H. Husson, Galerie A.-A. Hébrard, 8, rue Royale, Paris, number 44

Bibliography
Dominique Forest, Marie-Cécile Forest, La Dinanderie Française 1900-1950, les éditions de l’amateur, Paris, 1995, ill. p. 8

LA MAISON MODERNE – HAND MIRROR, CIRCA 1900

HAND MIRROR, CIRCA 1900
Silver
With French Minerva mark
23.5 cm. long

Design probably attributed or in the style of Henry Van de Velde for La maison Moderne

The mirror was made for the German restaurant Konss, designed by the German architect and urban planner Bruno Möhring (1863-1929). On Boulevard des Italiens in Paris, it’s interior decoration was commissioned to La Maison Moderne in 1901. The hand mirror was probably part of a set for the dressing rooms.

RENE LALIQUE – “HUIT NAIADES” CIRE-PERDUE, CIRCA 1895-1900

“HUIT NAIADES” CIRE-PERDUE, CIRCA 1895-1900
Silver
Signed LALIQUE
6 cm. high
16 cm. long
16 cm. wide

Bibliography
For the motif in ivory on a jewel by René Lalique, see the Lalique sale, Sotheby’s New York, 1 December 1995
A centerpiece with a similar motif in silver was donated by Mr and Mrs Gillion Crowet to the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, in 2006. See Michel Draguet, l’Art Nouveau Retrouvé, Skira/Seuil, Milan, 1999 , p. 85

EDGAR WILLIAM BRANDT – ANDO JUBEI – VASE, CIRCA 1904

VASE, CIRCA 1904
Copper decorated with white and yellow cloisonné enamelled daisies on a green background
Silver mount by Edgar Brandt
Bearing the monogram of Ando Jubei
13 cm. high

Jubei’s cloisonné enamels are in the collections of the Victoria and Albert and the Walters Art museums

Bibliography
Robert de Souza, Oeuvres diverses d’Edgar Brandt, L’Art Décoratif, 1904, vol. II, p. 145 for a similar design

HENRI HUSSON – “SENECON” VASE, 1905

“SENECON” VASE, 1905
Repoussé red copper with silver inlays decoration; applied with a branch and foliage in chased silver
Engraved signature under the base and bearing the monogram of the artist
16 cm. high

Exhibition
Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1905, ill. p. 61, n. 2337 in the exhibition catalogue
Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, 22 October 1976-30 January 1977, Ein Dokument deutscher Kunst – Darstadt 1901-1976, n. 250

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

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

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

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

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