Seven-piece coffee and tea service, c. 1900-03 – Maurice Dufrène

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Maurice Dufrène
Seven-piece coffee and tea service, c. 1900-03

Coffee pot, teapot, creamer, sugar bowl, coffee cup with saucer, tea cup with saucer. H. 4.9-22.5 cm. Execution: Louis Lourioux, Foëcy for La Maison Moderne, Paris. Porcelain, white, glazed, overglaze decoration in auburn and gray-green; stylized leaf decoration. Jugs marked: M. DUFRENE (gray-green).

Additional saucer with chips.

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Reserve price: 2,500 €

176C - Art Nouveau - Art Deco
04. December 2024 at 4:00 PM CET

Literature:

Duncan, The Paris Salons, Vol. IV, Woodbridge 1998, p. 196, reproduction of a contemporary photograph of the 1903 Salon, with different decor; Bröhan Museum Berlin, Bröhan Collection II, Part 2, Berlin 1977, no. 435; Ulmer, Art Nouveau, Stuttgart 1999, p. 159.

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