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Eugène Piat (attr. to), Gilt-bronze wall light

This important gilt-bronze wall light is a work designed by Eugène Piat (1827 – 1903), the maker is, unfortunately, not known. It is decorated with a hybrid monster, called a chimera, holding a decorated basket where the light is. This wall light is typical of the fine art and furniture evolution in the second half of the 19th century linked with the development of a rich middle-class, who needed to show their belonging to a certain social rank by choosing abundant decor. Thus, we observe on our light, an importance given to the decoration which does not settle for just the chimera's body but adds a lot of details. The sinuous body of the monster which seems to be held by an arm of the structure, decorated with repetitive ridges on which one of the two chimera's feet is put, is really mixed up with the entire decorative elements. Indeed, the part that could be considered as the neck at the end of which there is the human head with an open mouth, is in reality a decoration made of curls with vegetal shapes forming a crest all along. Likewise, the wings are inhabited with bronze scrolls and plants and completed with curls which allow a better support for the rest of the light and makes a counterweight to the important basket in which the light is. This basket is hung to the chimera's head by a succession of decorations. One of the two feet is stretched to the basket while the other leaned on a support decorated with a lion mascaron and curls.

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Albert CHEURET (1884 - 1966) (in the taste of), set of 5 alabaster and patinated bronze wall sconces, late 20th century

Set of five oval alabaster wall sconces and patinated bronze foliated decoration realized at the end of the 20th century in the taste of Albert Cheuret (1884 - 1966). This artist realized throughout his career furniture and decorative objects but is especially known for his alabaster and patinated bronze lamps which mix Art Nouveau, Belle Epoque and Art Deco inspirations.