Art nouveau / Art déco

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• Louis Süe (1875-1968) and Paul Huillard (1875-1966), Damon and Berteaux, cabinetmakers, Armchair, Paris, 1912
  27 July 2017, by FABIEN

  Yellow, green and red lacquered beech, green faux leather armrests and seat 87 x 53 x 44 cm Purchase, 1990 Inv. 990.335 © Les Arts Décoratifs If you would like to use this image, please contact the Picture Library The distinct and varied characteristics of the decorative arts of the 1910s created a promising, particularly appealing style. From 1909 on, young artist-decorators advocated a return to tradition; going against the last proponents of a less extravagant Art Nouveau, they (…)

• 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 (…)

• 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 (…)

• Maurice Marinot (1882-1960), {The Golden Parrot} glass bottle, France, 1928
  27 July 2017, by FABIEN

  Blown and heat-formed glass, metallic bubbles and colored inclusions between three layers of colorless glass 15.5 x 12 cm Bequest of M. and Mme Louis Barthou, 1934 Inv. 32229 © Les Arts Décoratifs If you would like to use this image, please contact the Picture Library Maurice Marinot’s original career as a Fauvist-style painter had a difficult start. After a visit to a glassworks in Bar-sur-Seine (near Troyes) in 1911, the thirty year-old artist changed direction, going on to devote (…)

• 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; (…)

• Study-library of the French Embassy
  27 July 2017, by FABIEN

  Pierre Chareau (1883-1950) Paris, 1925 Carcase in beech, palm wood veneer Long-term loan from the Musée National d’Art Moderne, 2000 Inv. MNAM AM 2000-1-1 © MAD If you would like to use this image, please contact the Picture Library The “French Embassy” pavilion, created by the Société des Artistes Décorateurs under the authority of the French Ministry of Fine Arts, was one of the most remarkable works to be seen at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels (…)