Lot n° 2
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1500 - 2000
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: 1 600EUR
Manufacture de Virebent, Toulouse, 19th century
Architectural... - Lot 2 - Crait + Müller
Manufacture de Virebent, Toulouse, 19th century
Architectural elements
Renaissance couple in conversation
Pair of arched high reliefs in patinated terra cotta
Bearing the "VIREBENT" mark
H. 36.5 x L. 68.7 cm
Between 1830 and 1878, under the direction of Auguste Virebent (1792-1857), the Manufacture Virebent created the sculpted decor for many of Toulouse's facades. Thanks to collaboration with sculptors and the development of a new technical process for the creation of terracotta bricks, enabling serial production, the factory produced a large body of models inspired by ancient, medieval and Renaissance canons.
Related literature :
Nelly Desseaux-They, La dynastie Virebent : une histoire de terre in Les maîtres bâtisseurs toulousains, Toulouse, Terrefort, 2015.
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