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
PART OF CUTLERY SET, CIRCA 1900
Silver with a design of foliage and pansies
Comprising: eleven table forks, seven table spoons, twelve dessert spoons
The design is attributed to Adolphe Truffier
Bibliography
For a set of twelve teaspoons or coffee spoons with the same design, see: David Allan, Le couvert et la coutellerie de table française au XIXème siècle, éditions Faton, 2007, p. 130, n. 118
VASE, CIRCA 1900
Finely chased repoussé silver, with a relief decoration of beetles; the base decorated with lapis lazuli cabochons
Signed underneath
18.7 cm. high
Born in Geneva, François Bocquet studied in Paris under Jean Dampt and as of 1900 was one of the five artists who exhibited at the Galerie des Artistes Modernes under the name “L'Art dans tout”.
A talented engraver he was at ease with producing both silver and copper objects which were either unique or in small edition. He adorned his silver objects with gold and enamel highlights and semi precious stones such as moonstones and lapis lazuli. His motifs are floral enhanced with insects (cicadas, ladybirds, bees).
He soon turns to jewelry and exhibits regularly at the Société Nationale de Beaux-Arts.
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)
RARE PAIR OF CANDLESTICKS, CIRCA 1900
Bronze with a brown patina
Bearing the Art Nouveau Bing store label
43 cm. high
Bibliography L’Art appliqué, 1904-1905, H. Laurens éditeur, ill pl. 23
Ian Millman, Georges de Feure Maître du Symbolisme et de l’Art Nouveau, éditions ACR, Paris 1992, ill. p. 172
Ian Millman, Georges de Feure 1868-1943, Catalogue de l’exposition Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, ill. p. 87, n. 100
PLATE, CIRCA 1900
Copper with silver inlays and an applied chased silver cicada
Signed underneath H. Husson and bearing the artist’s seal
18 cm. diameter
VASE, CIRCA 1900
Porcelain vase, high-fired decor of ombelliferes on a blue-brown background
Openwork bronze mount
Signed P L and bearing the initials of Alphonse Lamarre
28.5 cm.
SET OF SIX SPOONS, CIRCA 1873
Designed by Paul Legrand and executed by Eugène Queillé
Silver, niello and vermeil decorated with motifs inspired by the Japanese grammar, each different;
in its original case
Impressed with maker and French Minerva marks
Each spoon: 12.5 cm. long
The decor designed by Paul Legrand was registered in 1873 as ”Service Japonais”
Exhibition
A group of the “Service Japonais” was shown at the exhibition dedicated to Boucheron at the Jacquemard-André museum in 1988, n. 124 in the catalogue
VASE “SIX BUTTERFLIES”, CIRCA 1900
Copper, decorated with six highlighted butterflies, small circles and flowering branches
The mount in chased silver with a vegetal decor
Signed
25 cm. high
PAIR OF VASES, CIRCA 1900
Porcelain with a design of pansy. Openwork neck
One is signed and numbered 2069
The other is signed and bears the initials RR
21.5 cm. high
