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Lot 55
  • 55

Jean Royère

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 EUR
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Description

  • JEAN ROYÈRE
  • Guéridon, circa 1950-1960
  • red African wood : sipo (Entandrophragma utile), cane and glass
  • 54,5 x 62 cm ; 21 1/2 x 24 3/8 in.
red African wood, cane and glass top

Provenance

Private collection, Lebanon

Literature

Galerie Jacques Lacoste and Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Royère, Paris, 2012, Vol. II, pp. 62 and 71 for related examples

Condition

The wood is covered by a thick ebonised varnish with light cracks, scratches, scuffs and small dents with small chips of varnish, especially on the edge of the top. Some of these damages have been poorly re-finished. The glass top with shallow surface scratches.
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