Lot Essay
Model still used by Guimard in 1910. The model was used for the reception rooms of the apartment building rue Francois Millet in Paris.
DESIGNED BY HECTOR GUIMARD, MANUFACTURED BY FONTAINE, CIRCA 1900
Details
A pair of iron window handles
Designed by Hector Guimard, manufactured by Fontaine, circa 1900
Cast with formalised organic folds
7½in. (19cm.) high
Stamped F.T 201 on reverse of each (2)
Designed by Hector Guimard, manufactured by Fontaine, circa 1900
Cast with formalised organic folds
7½in. (19cm.) high
Stamped F.T 201 on reverse of each (2)
Literature
Le Castel Béranger, op. cit., pl. 57 figs. 1 to 4 and pl. 58 Guimard, Musée d'Orsay, op. cit., p. 151.