Ambroise Saint André de Lignereux, Secrey Casket, 1902

Ambroise Saint André de Lignereux

Secrey Casket, 1902

Embossed and partially gilded leather, gilded bronze, original silk interior

l. 18 1/8 in. (46 cm) - w. 11 in. (28 cm) - h. 11 ib. (28 cm)

Signed SAINT ANDRÉ and dated MVCCCCII
Inscribed JE GARDE MON SECRET - PRENEZ EN GRÉ
Unique piece

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PRIVATE COLLECTION

Provenance

Possibly designed for Baron Arthur von Scala, director of the MAK, then called Imperial and Royal Museum, Vienna - French private collection, by descent, until 2022 - Tajan, Paris, 29th November 2022, lot 116 - Private collection.

Exhibitions

Esposizione internazionale dell'industria e del lavoro, or Turin International Exhibition, from 29th April to 19th November 1911.

Literature

Exposition internationale des industries et du travail de Turin 1911, Groupe XXII, classe 140-B, Maroquinerie, gainerie, articles de voyage, 1911, illustrated page 33 - Arsène Arüss, La vie de Saint-André de Lignereux, 1930 (for an in situ photograph of the casket in Saint-André's study).

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