FRANCE: AR medal (153.71g), 1930, 68mm, Nancy Chamber of Commerce large silver medal by Victor-Émile Prouvé in Paris; woman reading in a floral frame in the middle of ancient ruins, signed V. Prouvé / 1913 // CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF NANCY beside facade of the Nancy Chamber of Commerce, hand engraved WALTER E. EDGE / AMBASSADEUR DES / ÉTATS-UNIS / 15 AVRIL 1930 below, VF. Victor Prouvé (1858-1943), was a French painter, sculptor and engraver of the Art Nouveau École de Nancy. He designed decors of glass works and furniture for Émile Gallé. He worked for Eugène Vallin, Fernand Courteix, the Daum Brothers and Albert Heymann. He worked on book bindings with Camille Martin and the bookbinder René Wiener. In 1888, he discovered Tunisia, which influenced the light of his paintings. He became the second president of the École de Nancy at Émile Gallé's death, in 1904. From 1919 to 1940, he took the over the direction of the School of Fine Arts of Nancy. Walter Evans Edge (1873-1956) was an American diplomat and politician. A Republican, he was twice the Governor of New Jersey, from 1917 to 1919 and again from 1944 to 1947, serving as governor during both World War I and World War II. Edge also served as United States Senator representing New Jersey from 1919 to 1929 and as United States Ambassador to France from 1929 to 1933.
Estimate: USD 100 - 150