Alfred Louis Achille Daguet was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His metalwork created prior to the outbreak of World War I, noteworthy for its versatility and virtuosity, is among the most sought-after by collectors today.
Daguet mined many sources for inspiration be they Egyptian, Celtic, Japanese, Byzantine, Medieval or contemporary. He received formal training under the painters Jean-Léon Gérôme and Georges Clairin, both academicians associated with the Ecole des Beaux-Arts who had traveled to Egypt and explored themes of Orientalism in their work.
Daguet’s studio in Paris was located at 22 rue de Provence, just above Siegfried Bing’s influential L’Art Nouveau boutique. It is this association with Bing that is most significant to Daguet’s metier and what firmly places his work in art historical context.
As a promoter and purveyor of Japanese objects, Bing capitalized on the craze for Japonisme by expanding his commercial galleries from 1895–1904 to include artist workshops capable of making everything conceivable to create harmonious interior spaces. Daguet’s finely-worked repousse copper sheets clad many decorative letter and desk boxes sold at Bing’s shop in the early-1900s. These boxes which Daguet often further embellished with colored glass unquestionably reflect the tenets of the Art Nouveau aesthetic.
In addition to boasting famous clientele such as Sarah Bernhardt who followed him to his studio on rue du Faubourg Saint-Jaques following Bing’s death in 1905 and the closure of his store, l’Art Nouveau, Daguet’s work achieved critical success with inclusion in group expositions at the Musee Galliera in Paris and elsewhere.
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(Biography provided by Galerie Fledermaus)
Art Nouveau Stork Pair Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Monogrammed A.D. Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His metalwork created prior to the outbreak of...
Steel, Brass
Art Nouveau Sea Battle Repoussé Box with Moonstones by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Daguet’s beautifully patinated box is a rich textural and colorful tour de force. The top of Daguet’s box is striking for its bird’s-eye-view of a crab clutching a viper eel. Using r...
Copper, Steel
Art Nouveau Owl Repoussé Box with Moonstones by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
This piece features dozens semi-precious moonstones. Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His metalw...
Zinc
Art Nouveau Cosmic Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His metalwork created prior to the outbreak of World War I, note...
Copper
Art Nouveau Cold Creatures Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His metalwork created prior to the outbreak of World War I, note...
Brass, Steel
Art Nouveau Scorpion Fish Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His metalwork created prior to the outbreak of World War I, note...
Enamel, Steel
Art Nouveau Circular Repoussé Box with Scorpion Fish by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His metalwork created prior to the outbreak of World War I, note...
Enamel, Brass
Art Nouveau Repoussé Regal Reliquary by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His metalwork created prior to the outbreak of World War I, note...
Copper, Enamel, Steel
Art Nouveau Celtic Hound Casket Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
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Enamel, Steel, Brass
Art Nouveau Regal Lion Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
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Brass, Iron
Art Nouveau Basilisk Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His metalwork created prior to the outbreak of World War I, note...
Brass, Enamel, Steel
Art Nouveau Circular Repoussé Box with Crab by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
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Brass, Enamel
Art Nouveau Repousse Stork Box by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His metalwork created prior to the outbreak of World War I, note...
Stone, Enamel, Brass, Iron
Art Nouveau Sunflowers Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
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Steel, Copper, Enamel
Alfred Daguet, Paris, Art Nouveau Embossed Brass & Inlaid Glass Cabochons Box
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Lisse, NL
One of a kind and all hand-crafted, good size antique box by Alfred Daguet (1875-1942). Alfred Daguet was a French craftsman/metalsmith, active around the early 1900s and who specia...
Brass, Copper
Art Nouveau Canine Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His metalwork created prior to the outbreak of World War I, note...
Brass, Steel
$4,800Sale Price|20% Off
Alfred Daguet Jeweled Box
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A French handmade box by the French master craftsman Alfred Daguet. It features a Nordic ship motif and has inset jewels or stones. It is lined in ...
Copper
Art Nouveau Silver Plated Repousse Tobacco or Jewelry Box
Located in Verviers, BE
Art Nouveau silver plated repousse tobacco or jewelry box The top, front, sides and back are beautifully cast and feature panels with images of birds...
Silver Plate
Art Nouveau Guénardeau box in patinated spelter
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Art Nouveau box from the 1920s by the French artist Guénardeau. Entirely made of spelter with decoration typical of the period: flowers, a woman's bust on the lid, and arabesques. A ...
Spelter
Art Nouveau Pewter Box by Just Andersen, 1910s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
Art Nouveau Pewter Box designed by Just Andersen in the late 1910s. * Round hammered pewter box with lid with flower knop and floral chasings * Designer: Just Andersen * Manufactur...
Pewter
$6,011
H 4.7 in W 10.7 in D 8.3 in
Alfred Daguet, Paris, Art Nouveau Embossed Brass & Inlaid Glass Cabochons Box
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Lisse, NL
One of a kind and all hand-crafted, good size antique box by Alfred Daguet (1875-1942). Alfred Daguet was a French craftsman/metalsmith, active around the early 1900s and who specia...
Brass, Copper
$613
H 3.55 in W 10.24 in D 3.94 in
Art Nouveau Box , fold-out glove box with marquetry inscription, France
Located in Valladolid, ES
Elegant and very refined fold-out glove box with marquetry inscription, made in France in the early 20th century. This is a small rosewood box with the word "Gants" (gloves in Frenc...
Wood
Art Nouveau Pewter Box by Just Andersen, 1910s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
Art Nouveau Pewter Box designed by Just Andersen in the late 1910s. * Round hammered pewter box with lid with flower knop and floral chasings * Designer: Just Andersen * Manufactur...
Pewter
$144Sale Price|40% Off
H 3 in W 9.75 in D 7.5 in
Art Nouveau Satin Lined Jewelry Box with/ Portrait on Cover
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Art Nouveau Jewelry Pink Satin Lined Box, the woman is depicted with flowers in her hair and pink cheeks. Box has Evidence of wear over time, ...
Wood
1900 Rosewood Box Art Nouveau by Erhard & Soehne
By Erhard & Söhne
Located in Marseille, FR
Box rosewood and brass inlay cover Art Nouveau by Erhard and Soehne, circa 1900.
Copper
Art nouveau jewelry box
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Art nouveau jewelry box Art nouveau jewelry box Materials: bronze, double-celled glass, enamel and procelain palaca Origin France Circa 1920 Uphols...
Crystal, Bronze, Enamel
$795
H 2.28 in W 1.82 in D 0.48 in
Antique Blackinton & Co Nouveau Fish & Water Repousse Sterling Silver Matchsafe
By Gorham Manufacturing Company, Whiting Manufacturing Company, R. Blackinton & Co., Tiffany & Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique signed silver Art Nouveau fish-themed matchsafe. By R. Blackinton & Co. In sterling silver. With repousse decoration of fish splashing on the water's surface to...
Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau Silver Metal Jewelry Box
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Art Nouveau Silver Metal Jewelry Box Beautifully ornate jewelry box featuring embossed designs including floral patterns and symmetrical leaf-shaped...
Metal
$295
H 2.68 in W 1.7 in D 0.48 in
Antique American Art Nouveau Repousse Sterling Silver Matchsafe or Vesta
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique signed silver Art Nouveau matchsafe. In sterling silver. With repousse decoration of rocaille swags around the edges of both sides. With a striker to the base. Mar...
Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau Repousse "Box of Madness" by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
"Box of Madness" contains seven moonstones. If you look closely, you can see the pupils of eyes of the two subjects through the moonstones. Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942)...
Brass, Steel
Art Nouveau Repousse Voodoo Priest Box by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His metalwork created prior to the outbreak of World War I, note...
Steel, Enamel
Art Nouveau Animal Husbandry Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Box contains moonstones in addition to the glass cabochons. Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His...
Steel, Brass
Art Nouveau Lion Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Box contains moonstones in addition to the glass cabochons. Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His...
Brass, Iron
Art Nouveau Celtic Immortality Repoussé Casket by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
A modern letter box in the hands of Alfred Daguet was not simply a functionally designed repository of mail but a conveyor of messages as well, messages of life-and- death importance...
Brass, Enamel, Steel
Art Nouveau Firebirds Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Alfred Daguet explored the subject of stylized birds multiple times in his studio. He was more than capable of rendering his zoomorphic subject matter naturalisticly; however he chos...
Brass, Steel
Art Nouveau Seabed Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Daguet’s beautifully patinated cash box is a rich textural and colorful tour de force. So much more than an adaptation of Japanese wood block print sources to his metalwork craft, Daguet created a veritable 3-dimensional metal aquarium to charm the Paris market. And in typical fashion, Daguet’s marine-themed box not only provided a visual delight, it furnished an artful oceanic context from which the prevailing schools of social thought could swim.The top of Daguet’s box...
Copper, Steel
Alfred-Louis-Achille Daguet Art Nouveau Juwel Box, circa 1900s
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Verviers, BE
Alfred-Louis-Achille Daguet Box, circa 1900 Medium size Design, wood, metal forget, copper hammered with glass cabochons. Movement: Art Nouveau Dimensions: 4.72 in H x 7.1 in W x 4...
Metal, Copper
Sold
H 5 in W 10 in D 5.25 in
Alfred Daguet French Art Nouveau Jeweled Metal Repousse Box with Knight Motif
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Astoria, NY
French Art Nouveau period box made in metal repousse´ panels with inserted colorful glass cabochon jewels, created by French artist Alfred Daguet in the 1910's in Paris. The decorati...
Metal, Brass
Alfred Daguet French Art Nouveau Jeweled Metal Repousse Box
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Astoria, NY
French Art Nouveau period box in metal repoussé´ panels with inserted colorful glass cabochon jewels, made by Alfred Daguet in the 1910s in Paris. The highly decorative brass lid pan...
Metal, Brass
Alfred-Louis-Achille Daguet Art Nouveau Crab Box, circa 1900
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Verviers, BE
Alfred-Louis-Achille Daguet Crab box, circa 1900 Medium: Design, wood, metal forget, copper hammered with glass cabochons. Movement: Art Nouveau Dim...
Metal, Copper
Jeweled Casket Featuring a Knight by Alfred Daguet
By Alfred Daguet
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Metal repousse with glass cabochons, Alfred-Louis-Achille Daguet was a metalsmith who specialized in repoussé copper panels made for application to hinged boxes, mantel clocks, pi...