PAUL FOLLOT (1877-1941) Fully carved stained-wood paper-cutter with stylized plant decoration. Small chip at the tip and scratches Length 28 cm - Width 3 cm Provenance: former Paul Follot collection, now in the family. History: a similar model in chased silver bronze was probably presented at the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs in Paris in 1908. Similar model in gilded bronze presented under no. 3, Camard sale, March 22, 2011, Drouot Montaigne, Paris. Bibliography: Catalogue du IVe Salon de la Société des Artistes Décorateurs au Pavillon de Marsan du 6 novembre au 10 décembre 1908, Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 1908, p. 30 for the mention of a "garniture de bureau en bronze bronze". Alastair Duncan, The Paris Salons 1895-1914, Volume V - Objets d'art & Metalware, Antique Collectors' Club, 1999, similar model probably in silvered bronze reproduced on p. 265.