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Firewall or gilt bronze fireplace screen finely chiseled, decorated with a sphinge holding a coat of arms in its front legs, the two uprights surmounted by military helmets, chiseled border of interlacing in an architectural structure, a lion's head in the bottom, attributed to the ornamentalist Eugène Piat *, Napoleon III nineteenth century.
This firewall is in very good condition and is of high quality carving. It may lack a decorative plate in the middle of the fence (small holes), the round on the bottom of the uprights may have been changed.
A note: small holes and slight wear of the grill, tiny small shocks, scratches and wear time, see photos.
is a French sculptor and orneman. Actor of the fusion operated in the 19th century between Art and Industry, Eugène Piat is, with Louis-Constant Sévin, one of the principal sculptors-ornamentists associated with the artistic revival of the French art bronze industry and furniture of the second half of the century. His work, composed of several hundred models created for the most important Parisian foundries, is characteristic of the historicism and stylistic eclecticism that dominate the public taste and the decorative arts of his time. His mastery of the great historical styles, the originality of his creations as well as the number of models realized and presented during nine World Expositions from 1855 to 1900, earned him, at the end of his career, the nickname "King of Bronze" And a national and international reputation in this industry. Frédéric-Eugène Piat is also the founder of the museum of decorative arts of Troyes, inaugurated on May 31, 1894. The Troyes Museum of Fine Arts now has the largest public collection in France dedicated to this artist.
