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16”Diameter x 42”H
This antique French bottle drying rack, standing over 40 inches, is a quintessential icon of industrial provincial …
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16”Diameter x 42”H
This antique French bottle drying rack, standing over 40 inches, is a quintessential icon of industrial provincial design that serves as a definitive study in utilitarian elegance. Affectionately known as a hérisson, or hedgehog, for its prickly multi-tiered appearance, this early 20th-century iron piece was originally engineered for the rigorous demands of French vineyards to air-dry glass bottles. Its tall, tapered frame is now completely enveloped in a well-deserved rust-colored patina, marking it as a soulful relic of 19th-century cellar equipment. Beyond its functional origins, the piece holds a prestigious place in art history as the very object Marcel Duchamp famously declared a Readymade in 1914, forever bridging the gap between standard utility hardware and high art. Whether repurposed in a modern kitchen as a sculptural mug tree, utilized in an atelier for jewelry display, or placed in a garden as a weathered botanical support, this storied object brings a sophisticated, avant-garde edge to the contemporary interior at ByCloudia.
France
Early 1900s
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- Dimensions
- 16ʺW × 16ʺD × 42ʺH
- Styles
- French
- Period
- Early 20th Century
- Country of Origin
- France
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Steel
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Copper
- Condition Notes
- The piece has oxidation and patina through out. The piece sits off center due to age . The piece has oxidation and patina through out. The piece sits off center due to age . less
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