Art Nouveau Gustave Keller Jardiniere with Alabaster Tulip Albert Cheuret Lamps

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Art Nouveau Gustave Keller Jardiniere with Alabaster Tulip Albert Cheuret Lamps

About the Item

Very unique mercury gilt bronze jardiniere signed on the base Gustave Keller with Albert Cheuret alabaster tulip lamps. The acid etched glass is in excellent shape made specially for the piece to match the bronze form. Electrified in excellent condition. Really great piece! The Keller firm was founded in 1856 by Gustave Keller, whose simple yet elegant sets and accessories were immediately appreciated for their quality. He was awarded a gold and a silver medal at the 1867 and 1878 Paris World Exhibitions. After 1878, the Keller brothers succeeded him and started producing silverware, which was rewarded at the 1889 and 1900 world fairs respectively, with a gold medal and a Grand Prix. In 1889, Lucien Falize wrote that "everything stamped Keller is good" (the firm was later known as "Keller fils et gendre successeurs"). Established in Paris at 65 rue de Turbigo, Keller moved their shop and workshop to 22 rue Joubert in 1891. In 1929, the shop was mentioned as trading from 18 Avenue Matignon and was still active possibly as late as 1947. Keller attracted brilliant and international customers and was appointed official supplier of several courts (Spain, Russia, Greece and Romania). The Russian Court was an important client and from 1897, the last Tsar regularly purchased artifacts from the Parisian silversmith. From the 1900s the firm was also commissioned to produce several important cups and trophies for the Principality of Monaco. Albert Cheuret was born in Paris in 1884, and studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts under Jacques Perrin and Georges Lemaire. In 1907 he established a studio close to the Champ de Mars, and thereafter exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français, part of a milieu that included Auguste Rodin, Antoine Bourdelle, and Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux. In 1908 one of his sculptures was recognized with the top prize by the Réunion des fabricants de bronze at the association’s yearly competition. After the war, Cheuret resumed his practice and secured a number of high level commissions. His work, like that of many artists of the period, bears the influence of images of Tutankhamun’s tomb promulgated after its discovery in 1922, and the new aesthetic forms and manners of representation, particularly of the natural world, which it introduced into western arts and crafts. Cheuret’s work, however, stood out from the rest, distinct not only for its supreme craft — his masterly execution in bronze and alabaster — but for his elegant depiction of the natural subjects that so inspired him — wild animals, in particular birds, and flora — with the clean, industrial lines of the Art Deco. At the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1925, Albert Cheuret famously rented a stall on the Pont Alexandre III and there sold his clocks, furnishings, small sculptures, and, most notably, light fixtures. His many prominent commissions include the commemorative structures at the Cimetière du Montparnasse and the Cimetière du Père-Lachaise, as well as the Monument aux morts in Cannes. Cheuret died in 1966.

Creator:
Gustave Keller Freres (Maker),Albert Cheuret (Designer)
Dimensions:
Height: 11.82 in (30 cm)Width: 20.48 in (52 cm)Depth: 13 in (33 cm)
Style:
Art Nouveau (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Alabaster,Bronze,Glass
Place of Origin:
France
Period:
1880-1889
Date of Manufacture:
1890s
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
CABA, AR
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU5634230856022