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  Jean Despres, French Art Deco Modernist Covered Centerpiece c. 1940

  Jean Despres (1889-1980) France.

  Modernist covered centerpiece, circa 1940.

  Hand-wrought and hand-hammered silver plate.

  Marks: J. Despres (script incised signature on the edge on one handle),
  JD French Jean Despres touchmark (2x).

  For related works see: Jean Després: Maestro Orafo Tra Art Déco e Avanguardie, Melissa Gabardi (Milano: IDEA Books, 1999) Metallkunst: Kunst vom Jugendstil zur Moderne (1889-1939) Band IV, Karl H. Brohan (Berlin: Brohan-Museum, 1990); Silver of a New Era: International Highlights of Precious Metalwork from 1880 to 1940 (Rotterdam: Museum Boymans van-Beuningen, 1992)

  H: 5 ¼” x W: 11 ½” x diameter: 8 ¾”

   

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  French Art Deco / La Marquise de Sevigne Paris, Covered chocolate box 1932

  FRENCH ART DECO

  LA MARQUISE DE SEVIGNE Paris

  Covered chocolate box 1932

  Black and red oil cloth, nickle plated brass

  Illustrated in La Marquise de Sevigne Paris vintage ad (see pairing)

  Dia: 10″  x H: 3″

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  American Art Deco Reed & Barton Sterling candlesticks 1928

  REED & BARTON  (active 1824 – present) Taunton, MA

  Candlesticks  1928

  Sterling silver with Hoffmann-like fluted base and bobêches with undulating stem and palm leaf like terminating detail.

  Marks: eagle R (in a shield) lion, Sterling, 1000, cement reinforced, eagle (date mark for 1928).

  Model illustrated: Vanity Fair (Dec. 1928, Vol. 31), p. 120., Reed & Barton Vintage Catalog, p. 10, plate number 1000.

  For more information on Reed & Barton see: Encyclopedia of American Silver Manufacturers, Dorothy T. Rainwater (West Chester, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1986), p. 156-160.

  These candlesticks retailed for $19 in 1928.

  H: 10″ x Dia: 4 1/2″

   

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  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.

  H:  29” x W:  28” x D:  28”