
Unique curule stool, special commission
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May 28, 05:43 PM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Alphonse Mucha
Unique curule stool, special commission
Circa 1900
Cherry wood, beech wood, patinated bronze, rope and velvet cushion
74 x 73 x 67,5 cm ; 29 ⅛ x 28 ¾ x 26 ⅝ in.
Georges Fouquet jewelry shop , 6 rue Royale, Paris
Georges Fouquet private collection, Paris
Private collection, France, wedding gift by the latter
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Private collection, France
Mucha 1860-1939, peintures, illustrations, affiches, arts décoratifs, exhibition catalogue, Grand Palais, Paris, 5 February - 28 April 1980, p. 183 for a period photograph of our stool in the Georges Fouquet store in Paris and for a drawing of the model referenced under n°238
Renate Ulmer, Alfonse Mucha, artiste de l'Art Nouveau, Cologne, 1994, p. 14, for a period photograph of our stool in the Georges Fouquet store in Paris
Victor Arwas, Alphonse Mucha, The Spirit of Art Nouveau, Virginia, 1998, p. 127, for a period photograph of our stool in the Georges Fouquet store in Paris
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