Online Auction of a Watchmaking workshop
Geneva, Oct 01, 2020
LOT 8
ATO - Léon Hatot
Art Deco, electric mantel clock, with patent regulator; gilded wood and metal
Art Deco, electric mantel clock, with patent regulator; gilded wood and metal
Gilded wood and metal, electric, mantel table clock in the shape of a basket of flowers; case attributed to Sue & Mare, Paris.
Brand Léon Hatot, Paris
Year circa 1925-1930
Movement No. 3 022
Case No. unnumbered
Caliber 120 mm., electromagnetic pendulum, battery powered
Signature dial and movement
CHF 800 - 950
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Sold: CHF 200
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Case: 4-8 |
Fair Slightly scratched |
Movement: 5** |
Poor Repair required, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 4-6-8-01 |
Fair Slightly oxidized Slightly scratched HANDS Original |
Notes
Sue&Mare, Paris
André Mare (1885-1932), one of the founders of the French Art Deco style, studied at the Académie Julian.
Louis Sue (1875-1968), also trained as a painter, but turned to interior design as early as 1905.
Mare conceived Duchamp Villon’s Maison Cubiste, which caused a scandal at the 1912 Salon, while Sue worked with Poiret until the founding of La Maison Martine in 1912. That same year, Sue set up his own decorating firm, L’atelier Français, and began his association with Mare in 1914. The association became a partnership in 1919, when the Compagnie des Arts Français was founded.
Sue & Mare created all types of decorative objects. Their furniture used exotic woods and was clearly inspired by traditional French styles. At the 1925 Paris Exposition, their display, called Un Musée d'Art Contemporain, rivaled Ruhlmann’s. The firm also exhibited furniture in the Ambassade Francaise and the Perfums d’Orsay boutique, among others. The partnership ended in 1928.