19th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Ceramics and Works of Art

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Lot 19
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Eugene Cornu & Cie. A FRENCH JAPONISME GILT-BRONZE AND BRÈCHE VIOLETTE MARBLE THREE PIECE GARNITURE PARIS, CIRCA 1875

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Description

  • Eugene Cornu & Cie.
  • height of vases 22 1/2 in.
  • 57 cm
the centerpiece signed E CORNU PARIS, both vases signed E CORNU Bard DES ITALIENS 24, the three pieces with a further inscription F. B / PARIS to the underside. 

Catalogue Note

The sculptor and bronzier Eugene Cornu (d 1875) was another artist to involve himself with this new medium and he had an interest in Algerian marble and onyx mines. Working closely with G. Viot, he exhibited extensively at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1867. He also exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1874 and was a director of a bronze foundry as well as several other establishments in Paris.