Armchair (Primary Title)
Eugène Gaillard, French, 1862 - 1933 (Artist)
Eugène Gaillard designed the furnishings for six rooms for Siegfried Bing’s pavilion at the 1900 World’s Fair in Paris. Although this chair is of a later date, an identical example was included in the exhibition’s living room.
Gift of Sydney and Frances Lewis
A similar piece was displayed at the World's Fair, Paris, 1900;
Tampa Museum, Tampa, Florida, 8 July - October 1984.
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery Alabama, 6 May -17 June 1984.
Arkansas Art Center, 24 Feb. 1-April 1984.
Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Modernism: A Guide to the Styles 1890-1940, Mississippi Museum of Art, 16 Sept.-Nov. 1983.
Tampa Museum, Tampa, Florida, 8 July - October 1984.
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery Alabama, 6 May -17 June 1984.
Arkansas Art Center, 24 Feb. 1-April 1984.
Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Modernism: A Guide to the Styles 1890-1940, Mississippi Museum of Art, 16 Sept.-Nov. 1983.
L'Art Decoratif, Jan. 1901, pp. 169-173;
Gustave Soulier, "L'Ameublement a l'Exposition," Art et Decoration, July - Dec. 1900, vol. VIII, p.. 43;
Julius Hoffmann, Jr., Der Moderne Stil, Arnoldsche, Stuttgart, 2006, pl. 77;
Objekte des Jugendstils, Museum Bellerive, Zurich, 1975, no. 61;
Art Nouveau. Symbolismus und Jugendstil in Frankreich, Institut Mathildenhohe Darmstadt, 1999 p. 144, no. 132
Gustave Soulier, "L'Ameublement a l'Exposition," Art et Decoration, July - Dec. 1900, vol. VIII, p.. 43;
Julius Hoffmann, Jr., Der Moderne Stil, Arnoldsche, Stuttgart, 2006, pl. 77;
Objekte des Jugendstils, Museum Bellerive, Zurich, 1975, no. 61;
Art Nouveau. Symbolismus und Jugendstil in Frankreich, Institut Mathildenhohe Darmstadt, 1999 p. 144, no. 132
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