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Large decorative round dish (40cm) signed Claudius Linossier* in brassware** of hammered copper and silver inlays, decorated with a radiant decoration of a stylized sun with diamonds, from the 20th century Art Deco period.
This dish is in good condition and is of high quality. Signed see photos.
Please note: some traces of dirt on the copper, some tiny little shocks, scratches and wear from time, see photos.
* CLAUDIUS LINOSSIER (1893-1953):
At a very young age, Claudius Linossier began working with metal: first, in a religious goldsmith's house in Lyon, then in two Parisian workshops before working for the master coppersmith Jean Dunand. Wanting to do business alone, Linossier left Paris and returned to Lyon. He settled at Croix Rousse, obtained the Florence Blumenthal Scholarship and later, a grand prize at the 1937 International Exhibition.
The shapes invented by Linossier are simple: round vases, bowls, dishes; no ornament ever breaks the purity of the curves. The decor itself is designed according to this form, the essential rhythms of which it highlights. Linossier never uses enamels or lacquers. His decorations are made up of metal inlays that he patinated for a time with acid, then renouncing this too unstable process, he definitively adopted oxidation with a blowtorch. The body of the pieces, in red copper or ferro-nickel in black tones, is illuminated, depending on the case, by the nuanced grays of silver, the pale golds of yellow copper or the dark purples of red copper.
Although he always remained in Lyon, Linossier regularly participated in the salons of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, the Société des Artistes Décorateurs and the Salon d'Automne, where his painter wife Hélène Linossier exhibited at the same time as him. Linossier was part of the group "Les Artisans français contemporains" with Decoeur, Lenoble, Décorchemont, Daurat... whose Rouard gallery continued to present the works when the cycle of exhibitions was interrupted. (See Marcilhac Gallery website)
** Brassware is the brassware technique. It consists of shaping sheet metals such as copper, brass, silver or even tin using different tools, mainly hammers. The different techniques necessary for producing a part are: Tracing and cutting a blank, the actual shaping by rolling, bending, folding, stamping and shrinking techniques, the assembly by stapling, welding or brazing, and edging, pre-leveling (with a barrel mallet), leveling (postilion hammer and planing bats) and the use of punches for marking and shaping the relief patterns using the technique of embossed and the various surface treatments for the finishing and final rendering of the part.
Dimensions
Diameter 40 cm
Reference: E60 792
All photos are on:
www.antiques-delaval.com
Ref: LJWL9533DH