EDGAR BRANDT (1880-1960) AND GEORGE BASTARD (1881-1939)

A VASE, CIRCA 1935

Details

EDGAR BRANDT (1880-1960) AND GEORGE BASTARD (1881-1939)
A VASE, CIRCA 1935
for Normandie, chromed-metal, now wired for electricity
15 in. (38 cm.) high
stamped E. Brandt and G. Bastard, with CGT monogram

Further details

Edgar Brandt and George Bastard created this vase for the ocean liner Normandie. It came in two sizes; the larger 13 inch model was for the public rooms and the slightly smaller version, 10 inches high, was used in the deluxe staterooms. Each is impressed with the CGT logo of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.

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Lot Essay

cf. B. Foucart, et al., Normandie: Queen of the Seas, 1985, p.105 for a similar example illustrated in one of the luxury apartments - the Jumièges suite - on board Normandie;
J. Maxtone-Graham, Normandie: France's Legendary Art Deco Ocean Liner, New York, 2007, pp. 76 and 77.

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