'Pagode' Carpet, 1932

Details

ERNEST BOICEAU (1881-1950)
'Pagode' Carpet, 1932
hand-knotted wool, cotton
92 1⁄2 x 92 1⁄2 in. (235 x 235 cm)
embroidered EBoiceau

Provenance

Gilles Néret-Minet, Paris, early 1980's, lot 81
Félix Marcilhac, Paris
Félix Marcilhac Collection Privée, Sotheby's, Paris, 11-12 March 2014, lot 54
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Y. Brunhammer, Les styles des années 30 à 50, Paris, 1987, p. 6 (present lot illustrated)
J.-L. Gaillemin, Félix Marcilhac. Passion Art Déco, Paris, 2014, pp. 65, 104, 144, and 156-157 (present lot illustrated in Félix Marcilhac's interior)

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Lot Essay

After studying architecture and drawing at the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris, Emile Boiceau specialized in embroidery and tapestry in the early 1910s. In 1925, he filed a patent for the ‘point de Cornely’, a weaving technique derived from a method developed by French inventor Émile Cornely in 1865. This technique adds an impression of movement and relief to his spectacular carpets, also notable for their subtle color palette and exotic designs. The present lot, formerly in the private collection of Félix Marcilhac, is one of only two known examples of this ‘Pagode’ design, the other one in a rectangular version.

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