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THREE FRENCH ART NOUVEAU CANES

LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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THREE FRENCH ART NOUVEAU CANES
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Comprising a silver crook handled cane with a cat chasing a ball of string on an ebony shaft, a silver eagle's head cane on a snakewood shaft and a silver electrotype stylized leaf cane, signed DE FEURE
36¾ in. (93.3 cm.) high, the cat, the eagle and De Feure cane 37 in. (94 cm.) high (3)

Literature

De Feure's design for this cane is illustrated in C.Dike and G. Bezzaz La Canne Object D'Art, Geneva 1988, p.304 fig.14.

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Lot Essay

Georges De Feure (1868-1943) was a French painter, industrial and decorative art designer. He was the key designer for Samuel Bing's L'Art Nouveau. He was an exhibitor at the 1900 Exposition Universelle de Paris.

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