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French Art Nouveau Bronze and frosted glass grape cluster and vine lamp c. 1900
FRENCH ART NOUVEAU
JULIEN CAUSSE attr. (1869-1914) Bourges, France
Bronze and frosted glass grape cluster and vine lamp c. 1900
L: 24″ x dia (grape cluster): 7″
Julien Causse was born in Bourges, France and worked from 1890 – 1914. He studied in Paris under Falguiére and exhibited at The Salon des Artists Francais in the 1890s, obtaining honourable mentions in 1882 and 1900 and a third class medal in 1893. He also took part in the exposition Universelle of 1900.
French Art Nouveau Bronze and frosted glass grape cluster and vine lamp c. 1900
LUC LANEL (1893-1965) France
ORFÈVRERIE CHRISTOFLE Paris
Ovoid form with a foot and flared lip design with a polished copper body with an overall stepped rectangular and square motif geometric design
Marks: CHRISTOFLE (large script with wave lines below), B 173, G
For more information see: Mobilier et Décoration d’Interieur ( 1924-25), p. 10; Les Arts Décoratifs Modernes (France), Gaston Quènioux (Paris: Librairie Larousse, 1925), p. 176; 150 Ans d’Ofèvrerie Christofle, Henri Bouilhet ([Paris]: Chêne/Hachette: 1981), pp. 241 and 230.
H: 8 5/8″ x Dia: 5″