Dressing table made of molded and carved ash wood and ash burl veneer.

Art Nouveau Period; circa 1900-1905.

Height: 147 cm – Width: 139 cm – Depth: 57 cm

History :

A prolific painter, decorator, poster artist, and designer, Georges de Feure was chosen by Siegfried Bing (1838-1905) to create the exterior decor for the Bing Art Nouveau Pavilion at the l’Exposition Universelle of 1900. In addition to this project, their collaboration continued with the creation of two interiors for the same pavilion, including a bathroom in which this dressing table, or an identical model, was displayed.

Exhibition :

Pavillon de l’Art Nouveau Bing – Exposition Universelle of 1900 – Paris, from April 14 to November 12, 1900. An identical dressing table, or our dressing table, was displayed in the powder room of this Pavilion during the event.

Bibliography :

- L’Art Décoratif – No. 24 of September 1900. An identical model reproduced in a photograph on page 222.

- Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration – Heft 12 – September 1900. An identical model is reproduced on pages 565 and 567, and a detail of the handles is reproduced on page 570.

- Julius Hoffmann Junior – Le style moderne, Volume 3 – A. Guérinet Editions, Paris, circa 1900. An identical model is reproduced in plate 25.

- Gabriel Weisberg – Art Nouveau Bing, Paris style 1900 – Catalogue of the travelling exhibition held in Richmond, Sarasota, Omaha and New York (September 1986 – September 1987), H.N. Abrams Publishers, New York, 1986. An identical model is reproduced in photographs on pages 188 and 189.

- Alastair Duncan – The Paris Salons, 1895-1914, Volume III : Furniture – Antique Collector’s Club Editions, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1996. An identical model is reproduced in a photograph on page 126.