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Lot of 22 m² of antique Point de Hongrie oak parquet flooring

Antique Point de Hongrie oak parquet flooring covering a surface of about 2 m². The strips are 6,5 cm width and 38 cm long.

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Théodore DECK, Dish decorated with iridescent bird and insects, circa 1880-1900

This earthenware dish with rich iridescent reflections was made by Théodore Deck around 1880-1900. It bears the artist’s signature and stamp on the back. Théodore Deck initially trained in the field of stove manufacturing. When he established in Paris on his own in 1858, he produced stove coverings and, buoyed by his success, ventured into ceramics. The workshop then created numerous dishes, sometimes in collaboration with renowned painters. He gradually perfected his technique and achieved great success at the many Universal Exhibitions in which he participated. In 1878, he was made an officer of the Legion of Honor. He led the Sèvres factory from 1887 until his death in 1891. The decoration of this dish, particularly poetic, features a small bird with a yellow throat and blue-green and brown wings, surrounded by orange flowers among which a bee and two butterflies flutter. The top of the bird’s head and part of its wings, as well as the wings of the butterflies and the body of the bee, were executed thanks to Deck’s work on metallic reflections, which uniquely enriches the decoration of this dish. It is notably due to his technical mastery in this area that he won a silver medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1867; however, it is rare for him to use such an important and varied application in a single work. In this, the dish is an exceptional piece. The artist particularly favored motifs of birds and butterflies in flight within a natural, flowery setting; this is evidenced by another dish of his, preserved in Peter Marino's collection, depicting a bird with blue wings striped with black, perched on a flowering branch, from where it watches two butterflies with colorful wings.

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Twenty-Four-Arm Chandelier Based on Château de Versailles Chandeliers, 20th century

This cage chandelier with twenty-four arms of light was made in the second half of the 20th century on a model identical to certain chandeliers at the Château de Versailles. The top of the chandelier forms a flared bowl in gilded metal reflecting the light; it is accompanied by rods embellished with rosettes and poly-lobed crystals of various shapes. The top of the cage is formed by waves of gilded metal ending in Art Deco-style pendants or crystal balusters topped with daggers. The body of the chandelier tapers before unfolding fully. The curves and counter-curves are always punctuated by the presence of crystals: balusters topped with daggers, Art Deco pendants and wave-shaped arms of light whose ends are adorned with basins in the shape of flower corollas supporting dummy candles. A ball carved with ovals and a rosette (below) hangs from the lower end of the chandelier. The Art Deco pendants are electrified. This chandelier was executed after a model made repeatedly in the Château de Versailles, which can be found in the Salon de Mars and in the antechamber of the Grand Couvert in the Grands Appartements for example. These were executed by Baguès in 1863-1864, as a copy of a chandelier in the collections. Despite minor differences, the mounts of these chandeliers are identical, and the ornamentation is very similar (with the exception of the Art Deco decorations).