A set of ten cast iron numerals

DESIGNED BY HECTOR GUIMARD, MANUFACTURED BY LES FONDERIES DE SAINT-DIZIER, HAUTE-MARNE, CIRCA 1900

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A set of ten cast iron numerals
Designed by Hector Guimard, manufactured by Les Fonderies de Saint-Dizier, Haute-Marne, circa 1900
A set of 0 - 9, traces of original paint
5½in. (14cm.) approximate height each numeral (10)

Lot Essay

These numbers were retrieved from a foundry which made much of Guimard's wrought iron work for his Paris commissions.
Cf: Guimard, Musée d'Orsay, Paris, April - July, 1992, p. 323.

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