An Art Deco chair by Krieger, circa 1925.
Art Deco chair, circa 1925.
Covered with old brown fabric
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Art Deco chair, circa 1925.
Covered with old brown fabric
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Rosewood dressing table with arrow-tip legs and wound motif feet. Three side drawers, two drawers decorated with floral adornment marquetry (made of mixed exotic woods, metal and ivoirine). Silver plated circular mirror. Two small lighted bronze torcheres. The round stool is covered with an old grey fabric and has a same color cushion.
Krieger stamp on the lock. House Krieger was a famous cabinetmaker in the 1920s-1930s established 74 Faubourg Saint-Antoine in Paris (12th arrondissement). Wired for European use.
A pair of sconces created by Hamburger (1941) for Knoll. An acrylic resin rod is masking the wire and making it almost invisible. Chrome reflector masking the bulb. The lights are fixed to the wall with two attachment tabs. Entirely original (reflectors, chrome, rods, switches). Rare and timeless 1970s model. Wiring to the European standard.
Note: A second identical pair but 30 cm longer is available.
A pair of sconces created by Peter Hamburger (b. 1941) for Knoll. An acrylic resin rod is masking the wire and making it almost invisible. Chrome reflector masking the bulb. The lights are fixed to the wall with two attachment tabs. Entirely original (reflectors, chrome, rods, switches). Rare and timeless 1970s model. Wiring to the European standard. Measures: Total height 120 cm, reflector diameter 17 cm, depth 14 cm.
Note: A second identical pair but 30 cm shorter is available.
Eccentric Mirror Covered with Parchment by Jacque Adnet, 1940-1950.
Eccentric Mirror (also known as Convex Mirror or Witch Mirror - "Miroir de Sorcière") by Jacques Adnet (1900-1984).
Wood covered with white parchment, Convex mirror, Stitched leather and brass ring.
Very good condition. Period: 1940/1950.
H : 22.44 in. (57 cm) ; Diameter : 17.71 in. (45 cm) For more information : Jacques ADNET"Diane" modernist table lamp with a chrome steel structure standing on a tainted beech wood base holding a light hemispherical orientable reflector. Reflector's diameter: 16cm.
Around 1930. Original chrome. Renewed wiring for European use.
The original base switcher has been bypassed and replaced by a switcher on the electrical wire.
A Bauhaus painting by Henri Pfeiffer 1928.
Painting with cubist style by Henri Pfeiffer (1907-1994).
Monogrammed "HP" and dated "28"
On the reverse listing of the hand of the artist: "This watercolor signed HP28 is my original Bauhaus era." Signed Pfeiffer with another entry on the lower right: "A former student of Paul Klee".
Henri Pfeiffer joined the Bauhaus at the age of 17 where he became a student of Paul Klee. He created many abstract works with a renewed vision of the use and perception of colors. Very young, he studied intensively the chemistry of pigments with his uncle. In 1933 when the Bauhaus was forbidden he was arrested by the Gestapo but he succeed to be released with the help of his parents. He then abandonned painting but still got passionate with colors becoming a famous ophtalmologist specialized in the perception of colors. He wrote a book about the subject in the 1950’s. This early genius artist, who produced an avant-garde painting work with a fascinating research on colors, is a real discovery. His history and his journey from art to science with the continuous obsession of color perception understanding is fascinating and very consistent with the ethical and philosophical Bahaus principles which never separated art from science and industy.
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