PAIR OF CANDELABRA, CIRCA 1900
Patinated bronze, each flower holder in Louis Comfort Tiffany glass and the shades after a model by Louis Comfort Tiffany
50 cm. high
The original drawing of this design by Georges De Feure is kept in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris. (See: Gabriel P. Weisberg, L’Art Nouveau Bing – Paris Style 1900, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., publishers, New York, 1986, p. 174, n. 34.)
Exhibition
Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900 (Bing pavilion)
Georges de Feure 1868-1943, Musée Van Gogh, Amsterdam, 26 November 1993-13 February 1994, ill. p. 88 n. 103 in the exhibition catalogue
Georges de Feure – Du symbolisme à l’art nouveau (1890-1905), Musée départemental Maurice Denis, Saint-Germain-En-Laye and Fondation Neumann, Gingins, Switzerland, March-September 1995, p. 91, n. 109 in the exhibition catalogue
Bibliography
Art et Décoration, January 1901, ill. p. 87
L’Art Décoratif, April 1901, ill. p. 23
La Décoration Ancienne et Moderne, 10th year, ill. pl. 36