Walking stick signed Manuel Orazi and Èmile Saint-Yves, in deer horn depicting the head of a greyhound with a muzzle, Paris, France 1900.

Paris, France circa 1900.

3500 EURO

Folk art walking stick: The handle is made of carved deer horn depicting the head of a greyhound with sulphur glass eyes, the tongue extended between the incisors. The gilded silver collar and muzzle strap under the ears are chiseled with studs to simulate a leather muzzle collar. Hawthorn wood shaft. Metal ferrule. Designed by Manuel Orazi and made by Émile Saint-Yves for Maison Moderne, Paris, France, circa 1900.
Manuel Orazi (1860-1934), born in Italy, was a prolific and highly regarded Parisian designer, illustrator, and poster artist. At the height of Art Nouveau, he designed jewelry for Siegfried Bing’s La Maison de l’Art Nouveau and Julius Meier-Graefe’s La Maison Moderne, where he created sophisticated jewelry and small art pieces, including horn combs and hatpins. Orazi was the main designer at the Maison Moderne, but many of the gallery’s finest pieces were made by Émile Saint-Yves, whose mark, along with Orazi’s, appears on this cane. Orazi created many theater posters in perfect Art Nouveau style for Sarah Bernhardt and Loie Fuller, theater productions, operas, and the 1900 Paris Universal Exhibition.

35,75” – 91 CM H 4,25” – 11 CM L 1” – 2,5 CM D

REF: M6212

Folk art walking stick: The handle is made of carved deer horn depicting the head of a greyhound with sulphur glass eyes, the tongue extended between the incisors. The gilded silver collar and muzzle strap under the ears are chiseled with studs to simulate a leather muzzle collar. Hawthorn wood shaft. Metal ferrule. Designed by Manuel Orazi and made by Émile Saint-Yves for Maison Moderne, Paris, France, circa 1900. 
Manuel Orazi (1860-1934), born in Italy, was a prolific and highly regarded Parisian designer, illustrator, and poster artist. At the height of Art Nouveau, he designed jewelry for Siegfried Bing’s La Maison de l’Art Nouveau and Julius Meier-Graefe’s La Maison Moderne, where he created sophisticated jewelry and small art pieces, including horn combs and hatpins. Orazi was the main designer at the Maison Moderne, but many of the gallery’s finest pieces were made by Émile Saint-Yves, whose mark, along with Orazi’s, appears on this cane. Orazi created many theater posters in perfect Art Nouveau style for Sarah Bernhardt and Loie Fuller, theater productions, operas, and the 1900 Paris Universal Exhibition.
35,75” – 91 CM H 4,25” – 11 CM L 1” – 2,5 CM D
REF: M6212