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CARL ALBERT ANGST (1875-1965)
Lot 129 PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR (LOTS 129-132)

CARL ALBERT ANGST (1875-1965)

A SET OF TEN DINING CHAIRS, 1905

Closed30 April 2014

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GBP 18,750

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CARL ALBERT ANGST (1875-1965)
A SET OF TEN DINING CHAIRS, 1905
carved walnut, the shaped top-rails inlaid with blue cornflowers above an A-shaped back-splat (representing the designer's initial) flanked by curving ears of corn, the close-nailed leather seats above curved supports
36.5/8 in. (93 cm.) high; 17 in. (43 cm.) wide

J. J. Gallet Collection, Geneva;
Purchased by the current owners in 1979.

Specialist note


Born in Geneva, Angst studied under sculptor Jean Dampt in Paris from 1895. His subsequent work, exhibited shortly after this apprenticeship, was critically acclaimed as it followed a development away from over-elaborate ornamentation to a cleaner and more considered form of Art Nouveau. Very few works by Angst are documented apart a small number of sculptural pieces. The present pieces, featured in a key exhibition at the very height of the Art Nouveau movement, constitute the only full suite of his furniture currently recorded.