Edgar Brandt

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Description

A pair of gates
one stamped 'E Brandt'
each 100cm. high by 69cm wide.;
3ft. 9 1/2 in., 2ft. 7 1/4 in.

wrought-iron and bronze, centred by a male and female classical figure playing instruments, surrounded by scrolls

Literature

A related pair of gates are illustrated in: Joan Kahr, Edgar Brandt, Master of Art Deco Ironwork, New York, 1999, p. 126. Kahr notes the design of these gates is based on the grand salon door of Ruhlmann's 'Hôtel d'un Collectionneur' at the 1925 Paris exhibition.