Silver-plate highly stylized classical ewer with various etched and applied floral details and an elegantly modeled double arch handle form
Marks: Heraldic Coat-of-Arms
H: 11″ x W: 8″ x D: 5″
This is a Rococo Revival inspired wine ewer that shows the design transition of the last quarter of the 19th Century and leading up to the curvaceous designs of the Art Nouveau Era. The classical form of this ewer has an ancient precedent as well.
D.I.M. (Decoration Intérieure Moderne) / French Art Deco / Rene Joubert & Philippe Petit Lounge Chair c. 1930
D.I.M. [Decoration Intérieure Moderne] France
Rene Joubert, Philippe Petit [designers]
Lounge chair circa 1930.
Primavera wood with Backhausen fabric designed by Robert Oerley
For more information see: Le Mobilier du XXe Siècle, Pierre Kjellberg (Paris: Editions de l’Amateur, 1994), pp. 165-7.
Fabric illustrated: Art Nouveau Textil-Dekor um 1900, Ruth Grönwoldt (Stuttgart: Württembergisches Landesmuseum, 1980) p 182-183.
Reinhold Klaus / Carl Geyling Atelier Vienna “Cubist Man with top hat and flowers” stained glass window c. 1930
REINHOLD KLAUS (1881-1963) Vienna, Austria
CARL GEYLING ATELIER (founded 1841) Vienna, Austria
Man with tophat and flowers c. 1930
Window of stained and hand-painted leaded glass
Provenance: Estate of Carl Geyling (1814-1880), Vienna
H: 17 3/4″ x W: 14 1/2″
Reinhold Klaus studied from 1898-1902 with Alfred Roller at the Kaiserlich-Königliche Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna. In 1914 Klaus married into the Carl Geyling family and became extensively involved with with stained glass painting. As early as 1918 Klaus worked on a stained glass window for the Siegestempel am Bisamberg in Vienna. In 1934 he became a professor of stained glass painting at the Kunstgewerbeschule, as well as creative director of the C. Geylings Erben glass painting company. Reinhold Klaus, a member of the Künstlerhaus since 1924 received many prizes and honors. He worked on commissions for the St. Veits cathedral in Prague, the St. Stephan cathedral in Vienna and many others.
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