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Vincent ÉPEAUX (1862–1945), probably for MERCIER FRÈRES – PA…
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Vincent ÉPEAUX (1862–1945), probably for MERCIER FRÈRES – PA…
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Estimate €900 - €1,200
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Description
Vincent ÉPEAUX (1862–1945), probably for MERCIER FRÈRES – PARIS
Set of eight chairs in moulded and carved mahogany with a curved backrest, partially hollowed out at the bottom, and a central decorative band featuring a scroll-cut cartouche, on a corner base with curved legs, fluted at the front and sabre-shaped at the rear. Seat and backrest entirely upholstered in worn brown leather embossed with the initials AA (several patches on the back).
H. 90.5 cm – W. 41 cm – D. 40 cm
History: this model appears as no. 353 in the Épeaux catalogue circa 1913, but also in other period portfolios under different names. It is therefore likely that the design for this model was purchased by several firms in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine and did not belong exclusively to any one of them.
Bibliography: Le Salon des industries du mobilier 1902, Librairie d’Art Décoratif Armand Guérinet, Paris, 1902, similar model reproduced on plate 148.
Épeaux sales catalogue, circa 1913, Paris, similar model listed under no. 353 and reproduced on p. 28.
Frédéric Descouturelle & Ophélie Depraetere, ‘Le Faubourg Saint-Antoine et l’Art nouveau – Part Five: Épeaux, a Parisian firm in the wake of the Nancéiens’, Le Cercle Guimard [online], 25 August 2024, [accessed 4 May 2026].
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