Description
ART NOUVEAU WORK AFTER A MODEL BY HENRI SAUVAGE (1873-1932). ATTRIBUTED TO MAISON KRIEGER Two-body cabinet, forming a display case, in ribbed, molded and carved oak. The lower part on a pedestal opens with two doors and two drawers; the bottoms of the side parts form brackets for the in-between shelf. The upper section, with its gendarme-cap pediment, opens through two glass doors in its ogival center; the side sections feature shelves and curvilinear buttresses. The door and back panels, pediment, drawer fronts and buttresses are carved with curvilinear motifs of the Coup de fouet type; the carved receptions of the uprights, both high and low, are of the Pied d'éléphant type. The drawer hinges and catches are in patinated bronze; the decorative motifs on the spandrels of the upper part are in wrought copper. H. 273 cm - W. 230 cm - D. 56 cm Bibliography and related works - Art et Décoration - April 1901. Slight variation reproduced on page 133. - Alastair Duncan - The Paris Salons 1895-1914, volume III: furniture - Éditions Antique Collectors' Club, USA, 1998. Slight variation reproduced on page 498. Expert : Emmanuel Eyraud
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ART NOUVEAU WORK AFTER A MODEL BY HENRI SAUVAGE (1873-1932). ATTRIBUTED TO MAISON KRIEGER Two-body cabinet, forming a display case, in ribbed, molded and carved oak. The lower part on a pedestal opens with two doors and two drawers; the bottoms of the side parts form brackets for the in-between shelf. The upper section, with its gendarme-cap pediment, opens through two glass doors in its ogival center; the side sections feature shelves and curvilinear buttresses. The door and back panels, pediment, drawer fronts and buttresses are carved with curvilinear motifs of the Coup de fouet type; the carved receptions of the uprights, both high and low, are of the Pied d'éléphant type. The drawer hinges and catches are in patinated bronze; the decorative motifs on the spandrels of the upper part are in wrought copper. H. 273 cm - W. 230 cm - D. 56 cm Bibliography and related works - Art et Décoration - April 1901. Slight variation reproduced on page 133. - Alastair Duncan - The Paris Salons 1895-1914, volume III: furniture - Éditions Antique Collectors' Club, USA, 1998. Slight variation reproduced on page 498. Expert : Emmanuel Eyraud
