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EDGAR BRANDT (1880-1960) Les Bouquets, a tiny variant of the model presented at the Exposition Internationale, Paris, 1925 and at the XVIth Salon des Artistes Décorateurs, Paris, 1926. Exceptional pair of interior grilles in patinated wrought-iron, partly gilded. Each casement features a part simulating a dormer and fringed frames. The palmettes motifs come in several sizes and adorn large scrolls with fringed profiles at the top of the sides. Stylized gilded bouquets form the central decorations. Each central part is topped with a row of faceted gilded spheres. Complete with hinged frames. Circa 1925. Missing a small palmette at the bottom of one of the grilles, oxidation. Each grille: Height: 161 cm - Width: 80.5 cm Pair of grilles (without frames): Height: 161 cm - Width: 161 cm Exhibitions : - Exposition des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris, 1925 - An identical model of grilles, with a slight pediment variation and without frames, was presented at this event. - XVIth Salon des Artistes Décorateurs, Paris, 1926. An identical model of grilles, with a slight pediment variation and without frames, was presented at this event. Public collections : Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris - A single-leaf variant with different frames is kept in this institution under inventory number 25504. Bibliography - Le Fer à l'Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs Modernes - Presentation by Guillaume Jeanneau, éditions F. Contet, Paris, 1925. An identical model of grilles, with a slight variation in pediment and without frames, is reproduced on plate 12. - La Ferronnerie moderne - Presentation by Henri Clouzot, éditions Charles Moreau, Paris, 1925. An identical grille model, with a slight pediment variation and without frames, reproduced on plate 4. - L'Amour de l'Art - June 1926. An identical grille model, with a slight variation in the pediment and without frames, reproduced on page 215 in an article devoted to the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs by Gaston Varenne. - Henri Clouzot - Art deco iron works - Reprint Dover Publications, New York, 1997. An identical model of grilles, with a slight variation in the pediment and without frames, is reproduced on plate 4 (ill. 1). - Joan Kahr - Edgar Brandt - Master of Art deco ironwork - Harry N. Abrams Editions, New York, 1999. An identical grille model, with a slightly different pediment and without frames, is shown on page 132.
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EDGAR BRANDT (1880-1960) Les Bouquets, a tiny variant of the model presented at the Exposition Internationale, Paris, 1925 and at the XVIth Salon des Artistes Décorateurs, Paris, 1926. Exceptional pair of interior grilles in patinated wrought-iron, partly gilded. Each casement features a part simulating a dormer and fringed frames. The palmettes motifs come in several sizes and adorn large scrolls with fringed profiles at the top of the sides. Stylized gilded bouquets form the central decorations. Each central part is topped with a row of faceted gilded spheres. Complete with hinged frames. Circa 1925. Missing a small palmette at the bottom of one of the grilles, oxidation. Each grille: Height: 161 cm - Width: 80.5 cm Pair of grilles (without frames): Height: 161 cm - Width: 161 cm Exhibitions : - Exposition des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris, 1925 - An identical model of grilles, with a slight pediment variation and without frames, was presented at this event. - XVIth Salon des Artistes Décorateurs, Paris, 1926. An identical model of grilles, with a slight pediment variation and without frames, was presented at this event. Public collections : Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris - A single-leaf variant with different frames is kept in this institution under inventory number 25504. Bibliography - Le Fer à l'Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs Modernes - Presentation by Guillaume Jeanneau, éditions F. Contet, Paris, 1925. An identical model of grilles, with a slight variation in pediment and without frames, is reproduced on plate 12. - La Ferronnerie moderne - Presentation by Henri Clouzot, éditions Charles Moreau, Paris, 1925. An identical grille model, with a slight pediment variation and without frames, reproduced on plate 4. - L'Amour de l'Art - June 1926. An identical grille model, with a slight variation in the pediment and without frames, reproduced on page 215 in an article devoted to the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs by Gaston Varenne. - Henri Clouzot - Art deco iron works - Reprint Dover Publications, New York, 1997. An identical model of grilles, with a slight variation in the pediment and without frames, is reproduced on plate 4 (ill. 1). - Joan Kahr - Edgar Brandt - Master of Art deco ironwork - Harry N. Abrams Editions, New York, 1999. An identical grille model, with a slightly different pediment and without frames, is shown on page 132.
