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  Guttierez Vega / South American Art Deco Sterling Modernist Coffee / Tea Set c. 1935

  GUTTIEREZ VEGA (active 1930s) Bogotá, Columbia

  Four-piece modernist coffee / tea set   c. 1935

  Radical form cone and triangular shaped four piece sterling silver with bold design exotic handles.

  Marks:  T.A.N. Sterling (Maker’s mark), serial number F925

  Coffee pot       H:  5″       x L:  10 1/2″
  Teapot           H:  4 3/8″ x L:  10 1/2″
  Creamer             H:  3″       x L:  8″
  Sugar bowl     H:  4 1/2″ x L:  7 3/4″

  In the 1930s, Colombia began to embrace modern and Art Deco architecture. The new Liberal Party government tore down many older buildings to reject the conservative past. In their place, it constructed modern buildings with an international flavor and interiors and decorative arts were designed to complement these newly stylized buildings.

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  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.

  H: 2 1/2″ x D: 5 3/8″ x W: 8″