Lot Essay
cf. Alastair Duncan, The Paris Salons 1895-1914, Volume III: Furniture, 1996, p. 108 for a period illustration of the armchair and p. 109 for a period illustration of the settee and armchair in the drawing room, for the Maison Art Nouveau Bing, at the Exposition Universelle, Paris, in 1900; Gabriel P. Weisberg, Art Nouveau Bing, 1986, p. 226, pl. 59 for a color illustration and p. 228, fig. 222 for a black and white illustration of the armchair.