A fine Art Nouveau tulipwood dining room suite designed by Camille Gauthier

A fine Art Nouveau tulipwood dining room suite designed by Camille Gauthier, previously also attributed to Louis Majorelle, comprising buffet sideboard with white marble top, extending dining table with four modern extension leaves, and seven dining chairs, the sideboard with slender bow front, white marble top, the carved foliate back with D shaped shelf, with bronze foliate handles,the extending table with four carved legs and central pedestal, the seven chairs arched pierced backs and dark olive green leather pads

Sideboard 163cm high, 156cm wide, 44cm deep.

Table 72cm high, 118cm x 127cm (closed)

leaves 127 x 49.5cm

chairs 80cm. high

Provenance

A private collection of Art Nouveau and Art Deco, purchased in Paris.

Literature

Alastair Duncan, The Paris Salons 1895-1914, Volume III: Furniture, ACC Books, page 250 this suite illustrated at the Exposition de L'Ecole de Nancy, Paris, 1903.

Important 20th Century Design, Sotheby's 10th March 2005 for a comparable suite.

The Elegant Home, Bonhams, Los Angeles, 7th March 2016 lot 16 for a comparable Buffet sold as by Louis Majorelle.

Catalogue notes

Camille Gauthier's designs are listed being exhibited at the 1894 Exposition d'Art Decoratif et Industiel in Lorrain for Masjorelle, and also exhibited 'La Cascade' a marquetry cabinet, exhibited in collaboration with Majorelle, in 1899. Gauthier exhibited a comparable dining suite in tulipwood and walnut, under his own name at the School of Nancy exposition in Paris in 1903.