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Clément Rousseau
Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 GBP
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Description
- A fine low occasional table
- inscribed 'Clément Rousseau, Sc' to one leg
- 52cm. high by 53cm. wide;
- 1ft. 8 1/2 in., 1ft. 8 3/4 in.
amboyna, covered in shagreen and inlaid with ivory stringing, the triform top centred by a lapis lazuli inset within shaped shagreen panels, the moulded frame on tapered supports ending in ivory facet cut feet
Literature
An example in palisander illustrated: Y. Brunhammer, Lo Stile 1925, Milan, 1984, plate 23, was made for Robert de Rothschild and gifted by his descendents to the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, in 1966. It was subsequently exhibited at the Cinquantenaire de L'Exposition de 1925 at the museum from October 1976 to February 1977, item 757.
Catalogue Note
Clément Rousseau created some of the most sumptuous furniture of the Art Deco era. He studied under Léon Morice and was a frequent exhibitor and medal winner at the Salons of the Société des Artisties Français from 1921. Working for a limited number of wealthy clients, including the Rothschilds, his output was small and he was among the designers commisioned in 1925 to furnish the celebrated studio of Jacques Doucet in Neuilly.