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GABRIEL ARGY-ROUSSEAU (1885–1953)

‘Butterfly’ night light, 1924.

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‘Butterfly’ night light, 1924.

Made of purple and green glass paste on a white-shaded background, decorated with three moths with outstretched wings against a background of stylised flowers. Circular base in hammered wrought iron, resting on a tripod stand. Incised signature ‘G. Argy-Rousseau’.

H. 13.4 – D. 10.5 cm

Janine Bloch-Dermant, ‘G. Argy Rousseau, Les pâtes de verre, Catalogue raisonné’, Les Editions de l'Amateur, Paris 1990, a similar model listed as no. 24.26 and reproduced on p. 199.

1920