ANDRÉ HUNEBELLE (France, 1985). Art Deco Centre.... Lot 49

ANDRÉ HUNEBELLE (France, 1985). Art Deco Centre. Choisy-le-Roi, ca.1940. Moulded and satin-finished glass with synthesised vegetal decoration. Unsigned. Slight fault on the side of the mouthpiece. Provenance: Private collection, Spain between 1970-1990. Size: 7 x 30 x 30 cm. André Hunebelle became a decorator, designer and then master glassmaker in the mid-1920s. His first recorded exhibition, PARIS 1927, included the piece "Fruit & Foliage". His work is known for its clean, elegant and uniquely strong lines. He exhibited his own glass in a luxurious shop at 2 Avenue Victor-Emmanuel III, at the Champs-Elysées roundabout in Paris. Etienne Franckhauser, who also made moulds for Lalique and Sabino, made the moulds for Hunebelle's glass, which was manufactured by the glass factory in Choisy-le-Roi (France). Hunebelle's shop ceased all activity in 1938, before the Second World War.