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THE ART DECO THEODORE HAVILAND FRENCH LIMOGES PORCELAIN BOX IS A RARE COLLECTIBLE ITEM SIGNED BY A. E. MARTY. MADE IN FRANCE, THIS TRINKET BOX EXUDES ELEGANCE AND SOPHISTICATION. THE FINE PORCELAIN MATERIAL AND INTRICATE DESIGN SUGGEST A TIMELESS PIECE THAT WOULD MAKE A CHERISHED ADDITION TO ANY VANITY OR COLLECTOR\'S DISPLAY.
3.75\" X 3.25\" DIAMETER
ANDRÉ ÉDOUARD MARTYORA. É. MARTY(APRIL 16, 1882 – AUGUST 1974) WAS APARISIANARTIST WHO WORKED MAINLY IN THE CLASSICART DECOSTYLE.
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MARTY STUDIED AT THEÉCOLE DES BEAUX-ARTSAND ATELIER FERNAND CORMON INMONTMARTRE, PARIS. HE WAS APPOINTED ON THE JURY FOR THE 1925EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DES ARTS DÉCORATIFS ET INDUSTRIELS MODERNES, FROM WHICH THE ART DECO MOVEMENT TOOK ITS NAME.[1]
MARTY WAS ONE OF ONLY FOUR ARTISTS TO CONTRIBUTE TO EVERY YEAR OFLA GAZETTE DU BON TONA LEADINGPOCHOIRFASHION MAGAZINE IN PARIS AND IN EUROPE (1912 TO 1925).[1]
MARTY ALSO HAD ILLUSTRATIONS PUBLISHED INVOGUE,HARPER\'S BAZAAR,VANITY FAIR,HOUSE & GARDEN,LE SOURIRE,FÉMINA,MODES ET MANIÈRES D’AUJOURD’HUIANDCOMOEDIA ILLUSTRE, AMONG OTHERS.
HE ALSO ILLUSTRATED NUMEROUS BOOKS AND DESIGNED ADVERTISEMENTS AND THEATRE POSTERS (INCLUDING A NUMBER OF FAMOUS ONES FOR THEBALLETS RUSSESAND THETHÉÂTRE NATIONAL DE L\'OPÉRAIN 1910).
DURING THE 1910S, HE WORKED WITHGEORGES PEIGNOTON TYPOGRAPHIC VIGNETTES AND ORNAMENTS FOR THE PRESTIGIOUSG. PEIGNOT ET FILS FOUNDRY.
IN THE 1930S MARTY WORKED AS A COSTUME AND SET DESIGNER FOR THE THEATRE, CINEMA AND BALLET. LATER HE ALSO PRODUCED DESIGNS FOR ENAMEL VASES, PLATES AND JEWELLERY.
