ERNEST BOICEAU (1881-1950)

After studying architecture and drawing at the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris, Emile Boiceau specialized in embroidery and tapestry in the early 1910s. In 1925, he filed a patent for the ‘point de Cornely’, a weaving technique derived from a method developed by French inventor Émile Cornely in 1865. This technique adds an impression of movement and relief to his spectacular carpets, also notable for their subtle color palette and exotic designs. The present lot, formerly in the private collection of Félix Marcilhac, is one of only two known examples of this ‘Pagode’ design, the other one in a rectangular version.