Art nouveau / Art déco

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• Four-leaf screen
  27 July 2017, by FABIEN

  Raymond Subes (1891-1970) Brushed wrought iron, polished in parts Borderel and Robert workshops, Paris, 1934 Gift of the Subes family, 2013 Inv. 2013.21.1 © MAD If you would like to use this image, please contact the Picture Library RESTORED WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE CARRÉ RIVE GAUCHE ENDOWMENT FUND, 2015 Thanks to the metalworker Émile Robert, decorative ironwork returned to fashion in the early twentieth century. It became very popular in the interwar period, with works by renowned (…)

• Deux coupes et un gobelet
  16 juin 2008, par FABIEN

  Émile Decœur (1876-1953) Coupe, v. 1930 Grès tourné, émaillé, lignes incisées sous couverte, monogramme en creux sous la base H. 6, D. 11 cm Don André Véra, en souvenir de son frère, M. Paul Véra, 1959 Inv. 38282 © MAD Gobelet, 1932 Grès tourné, émaillé, monogramme en creux sous la base H. 8,4, D. 7,4 cm Dépôt du musée national d’Art moderne, 1941 Inv. MNAM AM 1270 OA © MAD Coupe, 1938 Grès tourné, émaillé, monogramme en creux sous la base H. 5,9 ; D. 11,1 cm Dépôt du musée national (…)

• Georges Hœntschel (1855-1915), Wood-paneled drawing room, Paris, 1900
  26 July 2017, by FABIEN

  Algerian plane tree wood, glass, brass; silk wall covering designed by Adrien Karbowsky (1855-1945) and made by the Le Borgne company; painting The Happy Island by Albert Besnard (1849-1934) 7.12 x 14.3 x 6 m Purchase, 1900 Inv. 9403 A-G © Les Arts Décoratifs If you would like to use this image, please contact the picture library In 1891, it was decided to set up the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in the Marsan wing of the Louvre. The inauguration of the museum was supposed to coincide with (…)

• Eugène Gaillard (1862-1933), Nesting pedestal tables, Paris, c. 1913
  27 July 2017, by FABIEN

  Padauk wood base, table tops veneered with Madagascan rosewood H. 71 cm; Diam. 70 cm Purchase, 1913 Inv. 19136 © Les Arts Décoratifs If you would like to use this image, please contact the Picture Library This pedestal table with a quatrefoil top, standing on a central column with four radiating legs, features four small triangular tables with angular bases that slide under the principal table top. The four tables can be placed at a greater or lesser distance from the central column; (…)

• Lucien Falize (1839-1897), Goblet {The Artistic Crafts}, Paris, 1895
  26 July 2017, by FABIEN

  Gold and enamel 22.3 x 8.9 cm Purchase, 1896 Inv. 8504 © Les Arts Décoratifs If you would like to use this image, please contact the picture library This work symbolizes the ideal held by the Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs from the time of its creation in 1864. Its members, who had chosen “Beauty in Usefulness” as their motto, dedicated themselves to promoting the decorative arts through their well-stocked library and temporary exhibitions on materials (fabric, paper, wood, stone, (…)

• Fauteuil de lecture
  16 juin 2008, par FABIEN

  Pierre Legrain (1888-1929) Paris, vers 1925-1928 Placage d’acajou satiné et ronceux, métal argenté, cuir tressé H. 115 ; l. 59 ; pr. 45 cm Don Jean Édouard Dubrujeaud, en souvenir de Jacques Doucet, 1958 Inv. 38148 A-B © MAD Si vous souhaitez utiliser ce visuel, veuillez contacter la photothèque Ce fauteuil est l’un des nombreux meubles réalisés par Pierre Legrain entre 1916 et 1929, pour le couturier et collectionneur Jacques Doucet, qui se fit aménager une nouvelle demeure à chaque (…)