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Lot 95
  • 95

Jean Royère

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 EUR
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Description

  • Paire de fauteuils Sculpture, vers 1960
  • Wood and Fabric
  • Hauteur : 90 cm (35 1/2 in.) Largeur : 70 cm (27 1/2 in.) Profondeur : 78 cm (30 3/4 in.)
chêne, structure cylindrique, assise et dossier en arc de cercle tapissés de velours taupe

Provenance

Vente Maître Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris, 4 juillet 2000, lots 173 et 174

Literature

René Chavance, "Les aménagements nouveaux de Jean Royère", Mobilier et Décoration, n. 8, 1956, p. 17
"Paris Décore Téhéran", Plaisir de France, 1960, pp. 34-35
Jean Royère décorateur à Paris
, catalogue d'exposition, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 2000, pp. 38, 68, 78, 166
Patrick Favardin, Les décorateurs des années 50, Paris, 2012, p. 72
Jean Royère, Galerie Jacques Lacoste et Galerie Patrick Seguin, Turin, 2012, vol. 1 pp. 52, 54-55, 274-275 - vol. 2 pp. 19, 49

Condition

Overall very good condition. The velvet upholstery on both chairs is in good, clean condition. The pair was reupholstered at some stage. The feet are in good, original condition with some very minor signs of wear and small scratches, with a very light separation to the back joint of one leg.
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