Lot 314
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A CARVED RED NARRA DINING SUITE

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A CARVED RED NARRA DINING SUITE
BY GUSTAVE SERRURIER-BOVY, CIRCA 1899, EXHIBITED AT THE PARIS EXPOSITION, 1900

Comprising a dining table, the rectangular top with curved ends on carved legs with arched stretcher, sectioned into two parts, together with six side chairs and an armchair with peaked top rails and pierced back, the back and seats upholstered with leather embossed with maple leaves, chairs branded SERRURIER LIEGE--table 29½in. (75cm.) high, 47¼in. (120cm.) wide, 69in. (175.4cm.) long; chairs 41½in. (105cm.) high

Lot Essay

The cabinet from this suite is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

cf. R. Craig Miller, Modern Design 1890-1990 in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1990, pp. 84-87; Art et Decoration, January-June 1900, illustrates the server and one of the chairs at the Exposition.