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Lot 364:
Description
De Vez French Art Nouveau Three Panel Privacy Screen of Inlaid Fruitwood Marquetry with Cameo Glass Insets
The inlaid screen signed with the Cross of Lorraine.The cameo glass panels are signed de Vez. E. S. Mont founded a glassworks at La Villette near Paris in 1850. Mont moved to Pantin, a Paris suburb, around 1855. By 1859, the company was known as Cristallerie de La Villette.
F. Strumpf joined the company in 1868, at which time it became Mont & Stumpf. When Mont’s son joined the company in 1873, the name became Monot Pere et Fils et Stumpf.
In the late 1850s through the early 1880s, Mont & Stumpf and its successor made cameo glass using the trade names of deVez and Mont Joye. The word deVez is a pseudonym for De Verraux, the art director at the Pantin factory. The company changed its name in 1894 to Stumpf, Touvier, Violette & Cooye.
After World War I, Legas & Cie acquired the company and changed the name to Verreries et Cristalleries de St. Denis et Pantin Reunies. The company ceased operations in 1939.
Center Panel: 59 3/4 x 24 in. (151.8 x 61 cm.), Side Panels: Each 53 x 15 in. (134.6 x 38.1 cm.) overall 59 3/4 inches tall x 55′ wibe fully extended
Condition: Left Panel has a small crack in the glass. Other wise in nice condition.
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