Georges DUNAIME & ÉTABLISSEMENTS SAUNIER DUVAL FRISQUET - Lot 160

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Georges DUNAIME & ÉTABLISSEMENTS SAUNIER DUVAL FRISQUET - Lot 160
Georges DUNAIME & ÉTABLISSEMENTS SAUNIER DUVAL FRISQUET (publisher) Two exterior cast-iron floor lamps with fir-green patina, with central grooved conical shaft on "Pineapple" base and fully grooved glass conical bulb cover. Holophane refractor, ornamental model n°4446 B. Publisher's plate at bottom. Height 390 cm Provenance: floor lamps acquired from the City of Paris. History: Selected on December 19, 1924 by the City of Paris following a competition organized in preparation for the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes. Examples of the lamppost still stand today in some parts of Paris, notably on Boulevard de Bonne Nouvelle. Bibliography - Henri Clouzot, "La ferronnerie moderne", 1ère série, éditions d'art Ch. Moreau, Paris, 1925, model reproduced pl. 36. - René Weiss, "La Participation de la Ville de Paris à l'Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes, Imprimeries nationales", Paris, 1925, p. 165 for a mention of the names of Dunaime, Saunier, Duval and Frisquet, whose candelabra project was awarded a prize by the City of Paris and commissioned by the Exposition des Arts décoratifs. - SAF Holophane, "Réflecteurs, réfracteurs, diffuseurs, lustres", sales catalog, Paris, October 1925, model reproduced on p. 52 on an advertisement mentioning the City of Paris competition. - SAF Holophane, "Réflecteurs, réfracteurs, diffuseurs, lustres", catalog, Paris, October 1927, model reproduced p. 64 on an advertisement mentioning the Ville de Paris competition. Examples of these lamps can be seen in photographs from the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, notably in front of the René Lalique, Christofle-Baccarat and Printemps pavilions.
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