Lot n° 30
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Vincent ÉPEAUX (1862–1945), likely for MERCIER FRÈRES – PARI - Lot 30
Vincent ÉPEAUX (1862–1945), likely for MERCIER FRÈRES – PARIS
Set of eight chairs in molded and carved mahogany with a curved backrest partially hollowed out at the bottom and a belt featuring a central scroll-cut cartouche decoration, on a corner base with curved legs that are fluted at the front and sabre-shaped at the back. 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 catalog 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 catalog, circa 1913, Paris, similar model listed under no. 353 and reproduced on p. 28.
Frédéric Descouturelle & Ophélie Depraetere, “The Faubourg Saint-Antoine and Art Nouveau – Part Five: Épeaux, a Parisian firm in the wake of the Nancéiens,” Le Cercle Guimard [online], August 25, 2024, [accessed May 4, 2026].
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