Henri Lapparra Art Deco “Mikado” covered sugar bowl c. 1930
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Henri Lapparra Art Deco “Mikado” covered sugar bowl c. 1930
Silver lidded bowl with ebony finial and rectangular ebony handles, decorated with enamel in fan shapped tiers of three shades of blue and black
Marks: French Touchmarks (Head of Minerva) 2x, Lapparra diamond shape silver touch mark, Red Lacquer Cranbrook Museum Accession No. 1930.77
Exhibited: Third International Exposition of Contemporary Industrial Arts, 1930-1931 The American Federation of Arts 1930-1931, The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, October 15 – November 10, 1930, The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, December 1 – December 28, 1930, The Art Institute of Chicago, January 19 – February 15, 1931, The Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, March 11 – April 5, 1931; Art Deco, 1971 (Minneapolis: Minneapolis Institute of Arts)
Model illustrated: Art Deco, A Guide for Collectors, Katherine Morrison McClinton (New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1972) p. 162; Art Deco, Judith Applegate (New York: Finch College Museum of Art, 1970) illustr. 392; The Cranbrook Collections, Sotheby, Parke-Bernet, New York, 1972, illustr. 31, pp. 7 & 9, Third International Exposition of Contemporary Industrial Arts, 1930 (New York: Finch College Museum of Art) No. 392; Art Deco, 1971 (Minneapolis: Minneapolis Institute of Arts) No. 164; International Exhibition of Metalwork and Cotton Textiles exhibition catalogue (The American Federation of Arts, 1930) No. 169
Alexandre Noll rare and early Art Deco mahogany and glass box c. 1930
ALEXANDRE NOLL (1890-1970) France
Covered box c. 1930
Mahogany with ebony peg details and 1 ¼ inch thick Saint-Gobain glass.
Marks: ANoll
Provenance: Private Collection New York, Galerie de Beyrie Paris, Odile Noll (A. Noll’s daughter), Alexandre Noll Estate
For more information see: Alexandre Noll, Olivier Jean-Elie, Pierre Passebon (Paris:Edition du Regard, 1999); Alexandre Noll: Les Matres de L’ Art Decoratif Contemporain, Collection dirigée par R. Moutard-Uldry edited by (Geneve: Pierre Cailler, 1954); Le Mobilier du Xxe Siécle: Dictionnaire des
Créateurs, Pierre Kjellberg (Paris: Les Éditons de l’Amateur, 1994) p. 455-456.
Louis Majorelle French Art Nouveau “Fiddleback Fern” bowl c. 1900
LOUIS MAJORELLE (1859-1926) France
MOUGIN FRÈRES Nancy, France
Fiddleback Fern trefoil bowl c. 1900
A rare stoneware example of Majorelle and the L’Ecole de Nancy with a mauve and sea-green glaze, crystalline formations in interior in a trefoil loped form with fiddleback ferns at each interval.
Marks: Majorelle. de (impressed facsimile signature) MOUGIN NANCY, 10.K , L
Illustrated: Majorelle: Une Aventure Moderne, Roselyne Bouvier (Paris:
La Bibliothèque des Arts/Editions Serpenoise, 1991) p. 34, illus. 32.
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