Important Design

Important Design

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Property from the Collection of Michael and Renee Silverstein

Jean Royère

"Croisillon" Armchair

Auction Closed

December 10, 11:19 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of Michael and Renee Silverstein

Jean Royère

"Croisillon" Armchair


circa 1947

lacquered and ebonized maple, fabric upholstery

27 x 29 1/4 x 28 7/8 in. (68.5 x 74.2 x 73.1 cm)

Private collection of the artist
Drouot Paris, June 19,1980, lot 114
DeLorenzo Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 2004
René Chavance, "Aménagements Officiels et Installations Privées par Jean Royère," Mobilier et Décoration, October 1951, p. 24 
Jean Royère: Décorateur à Paris, exh. cat., Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 1999, pp. 16 (for the model in the gallery Jean Royère, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Paris, 1949) and 17 (for a period rendering showing the model)
Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean Royère, Paris, 2002, p. 121 (for a related model)
Galerie Jacques Lacoste and Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Royère, Paris, 2012, vol. 1, pp. 230-231 and vol. 2, pp. 7, 51