On view at the showroom, 1 rue des Bons Enfants, Marché L'Usine, stand 3, 93400 Saint-Ouen. Delivery in France and worldwide.
Sculptural cabinet with mechanism, carved and inlaid in walnut
Decorated with a woman with a chignon and a house in the forest between two peacocks
Direct carving
Signed and dated 1903
H. 168 cm × W. 58 cm × D. 30 cm
Biographical notes
A sculptor from Toulouse, Henry Parayre trained at the Toulouse École des beaux-arts and then in Paris in the studio of Paul Dubois. He worked for a time for furniture makers before returning to his home region in 1904. His work in wood, bronze, marble and terracotta centres on the human and animal figure.
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