Lot Essay
Dampt's work was retailed along with that of Charpentier, Selmersheim and others at the Galerie des Artistes Modernes, established in the same year (1895) as Samuel Bing opened L'Art Nouveau Bing.
DESIGNED BY JEAN-AUGUSTE DAMPT, CIRCA 1900
Details
A carved pearwood, gilt metal and enamel desk
Designed by Jean-Auguste Dampt, circa 1900
The superstructure with small upper shelf divided into compartments supported on carved brackets flanked by two small cupboards, the kidney shaped writing surface inset with original leather, the lower portion with two recessed drawers, finely chased gilt bronze foliate handles, the whole carved with pine cone motifs and applied with cast floral and foliate mounts detailed in blue enamel
51in. (129.8cm.) wide; 44½in. (113cm.) high; 34in. (86.3cm.) maximum depth
Designed by Jean-Auguste Dampt, circa 1900
The superstructure with small upper shelf divided into compartments supported on carved brackets flanked by two small cupboards, the kidney shaped writing surface inset with original leather, the lower portion with two recessed drawers, finely chased gilt bronze foliate handles, the whole carved with pine cone motifs and applied with cast floral and foliate mounts detailed in blue enamel
51in. (129.8cm.) wide; 44½in. (113cm.) high; 34in. (86.3cm.) maximum depth
Literature
Alastair Duncan, The Paris Salons 1895-1914, Volume III, Suffolk, 1996, p. 122.
Exhibited
L'Art dans Tout, Galerie de la rue Caumartin, Paris, 1900.