Georges de Feure - Design: Online Auction New York Wednesday, July 26, 2023 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Raymond Toupenet, Paris
    Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2001

  • Literature

    G.M. Jacques, "L'Intérieur Rénové," L'Art Décoratif, September 1900, p. 222
    Gabriel P. Weisberg, Art Nouveau Bing: Paris Style 1900, New York, 1986, pp. 188, 190
    Ian Millman, Georges de Feure: Maître du Symbolisme et de l'Art Nouveau, Paris, 1992, p. 154
    Alastair Duncan, The Paris Salon 1895-1914, Volume III: Furniture, Woodbridge, 1996, p. 126

  • Catalogue Essay

    Georges de Feure designed the present model armoire, as well as the cabinet and dressing table which are also included in the present sale (lots 33 and 37), for art dealer Siegfried Bing’s “L’Art Nouveau Pavilion” at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris. For this project, Bing brought together three artists who now represent some of the best craftsmanship of the period: Eugene Gaillard, Edward Colonna, and Georges de Feure. The interior included a network of rooms that displayed these three designers' furniture pieces as well as other decorative objects that, together, presented a new, modern way for living.

    It is impossible to discern if the present dressing table (lot 37) was also presented at Bing’s pavilion in 1900, but the same model was included in de Feure’s dressing room suite.

Property from an Important Private Collection

37

Dressing table

circa 1900
Burl ash-veneered wood, ash, patinated bronze, mirrored glass.
61 x 57 1/4 x 20 3/4 in. (154.9 x 145.4 x 52.7 cm)

Estimate
$4,000 - 6,000 

Contact Specialist

Benjamin Green
Associate Specialist
Associate Head of Sale
bgreen@phillips.com
+1 917 207 9090

Design: Online Auction

26 July - 2 August 2023