MAURICE DUFRÈNE (1876-1955) DECORATOR & LA MAISON MODERNE PUBLISHER Water lilies in bud, circa 1902-04 Later electrified kerosene lamp. The foot, with title motifs, is in silver-plated cast pewter. The polychrome enameled stoneware reservoir possibly made by Alexandre Bigot. H.41cm Bibliography: - La Maison Moderne - Documents sur l'Art Industriel au XXe siècle - Éditions La Maison Moderne, Paris, 1901. Identical model reproduced on plate 15 (Lighting fixtures chapter) in this publication from the rue des Petits-Champs gallery in Paris. - Alastair Duncan - The Paris Salons 1895-1914- Volume V: Objets d'art & Metalware- Édition Antique Collectors' Club, 1998. Identical model reproduced on page 229.