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Beautiful antique Neo-Renaissance style walnut carved table with lions and mythical animals

Dimensions:
Width: 200 cm
Height: 76 cm
Depth: 160 cm

Eugène-Frédéric PIAT (1827-1903) - Pair of Japanese wall brackets, a similar model of which belonged to Sarah Bernhardt

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Eugène-Frédéric PIAT (1827-1903) - Pair of Japanese wall brackets, a similar model of which belonged to Sarah Bernhardt

Bronze with brown patina, glazed stoneware phoenixes (China, 19th century) H. 83 cm / 32’’ 11/16 ; W. 25cm / 9’’ 13/16 ; D. 25cm. / 9’’ 13/16 This model of wall brackets was created by Frédéric Eugène Piat for the Maison Gagneau in Paris. According to the description proposed by the Museum of Troyes in its "Catalog of Decorative Arts" of 1897, there are arms of light composed of a "Chinese modillon with two brackets, an entablature and a gallery with openwork". Inspired by Chinese art, this pair of wall brackets combines the Far Eastern motifs with French ornamental elements: rinceau scrolls and interlaces characteristic of the Louis XV style, illustrating the vogue for eclecticism that marks the artistic production in the 19th century. The motif of the Asian monster recalls the lions mufles made by the artist in its works of Renaissance inspiration while evoking the imaginary bestiary of Japonism; the monster holds in its jaws a ring that recalls a knocker but devoid of its primary purpose as it is indeed a purely decorative element. The same model belonged to the actress Sarah Bernhardt and is visible on old photographs of her Parisian house. The same pair of wall brackets adorned her studio. Frédéric-Eugène Piat (1827-1903) was one of the leading French sculptors and ornamentalists of the 19th century at the beginning of, with Louis-Constant Sévin in particular, the renewal and development of the French bronze industry. An active member of the Bronzes Manufacturers' Association, he is one of those who have merged art and industry. He later became one of the founders of the Central Union of Fine Arts Applied to Industry in 1864. After training with sculptors and ornamentalists, he started his own business in 1845 and enjoyed a good reputation in the 1850s. During the next decade, he began a collaboration with the founder Louis Léon Marchand (1831-1899). In the 1870s, he collaborated with eminent manufacturers: Georges Édouard Gagneau, Charles de Marnyhac, Emile Colin and the Val d'Osne Foundry. His artistic consecration takes place from the year 1873: while he designs models to be exhibited at the World’s Fair of 1873 in Vienna, he receives the visit of the President of the Republic Adolphe Thiers who makes him knight of the Legion of Honor for his fruitful contribution in the field of the bronze industry in French art. He participated at the Parisian Salons and at nine World’s Fairs in the second half of the century. He is particularly noticed during the World’s Fair of 1878 held in Paris where he exhibited a vast collection of works of art thanks to which he received a gold medal, but especially during the World’s Fair of 1889 when he was decorated with the Grand Prix, higher reward ever given to an industrial artist. Thanks to the quality and style of his productions, which are typical of the taste of the time for historicism and eclecticism, and as shown by this pair of Japanese-style consoles, Piat enjoyed not only a nation-wide reputation but also international.

Dimensions:
Width: 25 cm
Height: 83 cm
Depth: 25 cm

Albert ANKER (painter), Théodore DECK (ceramist), Ornamental Dish “Cleopatra”, 1869

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Albert ANKER (painter), Théodore DECK (ceramist), Ornamental Dish “Cleopatra”, 1869

This ornamental dish, adorned with a design inspired by Egyptian art and executed in 1869, is the result of the long-term collaboration between Albert Anker and Théodore Deck. The Swiss painter Albert Anker (1831-1910) joined the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1855. He collaborated with Théodore Deck between 1866 and 1892 and excelled in the genre of historical portraiture, to which this work is closely related. Théodore Deck initially trained in stove manufacturing. When he established his own business in Paris in 1858, he specialized in stove coverings before expanding into ceramics due to his growing success. The workshop produced numerous plates, sometimes in collaboration with renowned painters, including Edmond Lachenal. Deck gradually perfected his technique and enjoyed significant acclaim at the many World’s Fairs in which he participated. In 1878, he was made an Officer of the Legion of Honor. He directed the Sèvres porcelain manufactory from 1887 until his death in 1891. This plate is decorated with the portrait of a woman bearing the attributes of ancient Egyptian nobility: she wears a vulture headdress, a symbol of the goddess Nekhbet, the tutelary figure of Upper Egypt and protector of the pharaohs, along with a broad usekh collar. The figure represents the famous Egyptian queen Cleopatra, depicted as on one of the bas-reliefs in the Temple of Hathor at Dendera (50-55 B.C.E.). The rim of the dish also features an Egypt-inspired style, with four scenes drawn from temple and tomb art interspersed with hieroglyphic inscriptions. Through its theme and adopted style, this plate reflects the passion for ancient Egypt that swept through the 19th century. The two artists produced several versions of this plate: one is housed in the Gustav-Lübcke Museum in Hamm, Germany; a second in the Kunstmuseum in Bern, Switzerland; and a third, with a slightly different border, in the Théodore Deck and Florival Museum in Guebwiller, France. Our ornamental plate can also be compared to an Assyrian-Inspired Dish created by the same artists a year later, now preserved in the Musée d’Orsay in Paris. For Albert Anker and Théodore Deck, Egyptomania drew on precise archaeological sources, seamlessly integrated into a harmonious contemporary design.

Dimensions:
Height: 5 cm