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E. Soleau, "Poppy" Chandelier, France, circa 1900

$19,581.86
£14,606.79
€16,500
CA$27,255.01
A$29,239.75
CHF 15,683.60
MX$352,042.64
NOK 197,710.19
SEK 180,284.29
DKK 125,742.55

About the Item

Signed E. SOLEAU PARIS Beautiful chandelier in chiseled and gilded bronze, adorned with an abundant openwork floral decoration including poppy flowers. It illuminates with six lights formed by elegant corollas. The whole is suspended by six knotted cords connected to a leafy ceiling light with openwork cross braces. Biography : Eugène François Alexandre Soleau, born October 3, 1853 in Buenos Aires, Argentina and died July 8, 1929 in Paris, is a French industrialist and inventor. Promoter of the protection of intellectual property, he is the father of the Soleau Envelope, a non-binding and inexpensive French instrument used to prove the anteriority of an intellectual creation. Bronze manufacturer, secretary (1885-1889), then vice-president (from 1895 to 1899) and finally president (from 1900) of the Bronze Manufacturers’ Union, he was involved, on a French and international scale, in the protection of intellectual property. Vice-president of the International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property, he participates as a delegate of the Bronze, Jewelry, Jewelry, Goldsmithing, Ceramics, Glassmaking, and of all the plastic arts unions, at the international congresses of industrial property in Vienna (1897), London (1898) and Zurich (1899).
  • Creator:
    Eugene Soleau (Metalworker)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 42.52 in (108 cm)Diameter: 28.35 in (72 cm)
  • Style:
    Art Nouveau (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
    1900-1909
  • Date of Manufacture:
    circa 1900
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    PARIS, FR
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 20131stDibs: LU3860346557632

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