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Beautiful antique interior fountain with its boiserie panel and oil on canvas painting

This exceptionally beautiful indoor fountain was made in the 19th century in painted stone with trompe-l'oeil marble effect and ornamentation in gilded or painted lead. The spillway is enclosed by a head of putto with vine leaves and bunches of grapes in gilded lead. This fountain is embellished with its original wood panelling and, in the upper part, a beautiful still life painting in oil on canvas.

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Edmond LACHENAL (1855-1930) - Glazed ceramic ovoid vase with carp decoration

This glazed ceramic vase was realized in 1890 by Edmond Lachenal (1853 – 1948), famous French ceramicist. The artist's signature “E. Lachenal” was put twice, one at the bottom of the vase, the other under it with the date of realization “1890”. Edmond Lachenal has contributed to the rebirth of ceramic at the end of the 19th century. After an apprenticeship in 1870 with the ceramicist master Théodore Deck (1823 – 1891) to whom we owe the famous “blue Deck”, Edmond Lachenal decides to have his own atelier in the Parisian area in 1880. He starts by being inspired by the Hindu and Persian arts, then leads his work toward the Japanese art and the Art Nouveau style, while creating a velvet or frost enamel thanks to an electrolysis proceed. It's especially thanks to his representations imitating the nature and the purity and strength of his colors that he excels and seduces the public, even some contemporary artists such as Auguste Rodin (1840 – 1917). By the forms and the decor but also the making proceeds, Edmond Lachenal showed himself as an innovator, which gave him an immediate success.

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Lot of 17 m² of antique Point de Hongrie oak parquet flooring

Antique Point de Hongrie oak parquet flooring from a room of 17 m². The strips are 22" 7/16 to 22" 5/8 width, and 3" 5/8 long.