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Art Deco floral rug, Ten Cate model number 2016, by Süe et Mare, La Compagnie des Arts Français

SÜE ET MARE – LOUIS SÜE (1875-1968) & ANDRÉ MARE (1885-1932) – LA COMPAGNIE DES ARTS FRANÇAIS

Ten Cate No. 2016, the model presented at the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris in 1925

Knot-woven rug.

Circa 1920-1925.

Bears the monogram with a basket of flowers in the lower right corner.

Length: 280 cm – Width: 205 cm



Exhibition and related work:

International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts – Paris, April 28 to October 25, 1925. An identical model was displayed in the dining room of the Fontaine Pavilion during the exhibition.



Bibliography:

- Tapis présentés par Léon Moussinac – Albert Lévy Editions, Paris, 1925. Identical model reproduced on plate 3.

- Mobilier et Décoration – No. of January 1926. Identical model reproduced on page 9, in an article by Georges Rémon entitled “Nos artistes décorateurs: Süe et Mare”.

- André Mare et la Compagnie des Arts Français – Catalog of the exhibition organized at the Ancienne douane, Strasbourg (April 1–June 13, 1971). Identical model reproduced in a photograph of the dining room of the Fontaine pavilion (unpaginated plate).

- Florence Camard – Süe et Mare et la Compagnie des Arts Français – Les Éditions de l’Amateur, Paris, 1993. An identical model reproduced on page 129; a detail of our model of rug reproduced on page 229.

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