Important Design

Important Design

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Property of a Manhattan Collector

Pierre Chareau

Pair of "Curule en M" Stools

Auction Closed

June 9, 06:24 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property of a Manhattan Collector

Pierre Chareau

Pair of "Curule en M" Stools


circa 1924

model no. SN1

mahogany, fabric upholstery

15⅛ x 19 x 11¾ in. (38.4 x 48.3 x 29.8 cm) each

M. Gauthier, "Art décoratif. Pierre Chareau," L'Art et les Artistes, no. 46, 1924, p. 282
G. Rémon, "Les Créations de Pierre Chareau," Mobilier et Décoration, April 1927, pp. 97 and 99
Pierre Migennes, "Sur Deux Ensembles de P. Chareau," Art et Décoration, May 1932, pp. 136 and 139-140
René Herbst, Un Inventeur, l'architecte Pierre Chareau, Union des Artistes Modernes, Paris, 1954, pp. 33, 74 and 78-79
Charles Rahn Fry, Art Deco Interiors, New York, 1977, p. 38
Alastair Duncan, Art Deco Furniture: The French Designers, New York, 1984, pl. 2
Marc Vellay and Kenneth Frampton, Pierre Chareau, Paris, 1984, pp. 84, 209 and 324 (for period photographs of the model)
Brian Brace Taylor, Pierre Chareau: Designer and Architect, Cologne, 1992, pp. 42, 45, 80 and 135
Pierre Chareau: Archives Louis Moret, exh. cat., Fondation Louis Moret, Martigny, 1994, pp. 18, 20 and 24
Pierre Chareau architecte, un art intérieur, exh. cat., Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1994, pp. 17, 21, 95, 164, 170, 173, 184, 187, 189, 202 and 204
Dominique Vellay, La Maison de Verre - Le chef-d'œuvre de Pierre Chareau, Arles, 2007, pp. 123 and 125
Esther da Costa Meyer, Pierre Chareau: Modern Architecture and Design, New Haven and London, 2016, pp. 22, 32, 44, 55, 100, 206 and 212