Important Design
Important Design
Property From The Collection Of Nelson & Happy Rockefeller
Jean-Michel Frank and Christian Bérard
Set of Twelve Dining Chairs for Nelson Rockefeller
Auction Closed
December 8, 07:38 PM GMT
Estimate
400,000 - 600,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property From The Collection Of Nelson & Happy Rockefeller
Jean-Michel Frank and Christian Bérard
Set of Twelve Dining Chairs for Nelson Rockefeller
circa 1939
the needlework designed by Christian Bérard and executed by Aubusson, France; the woodwork executed by Chanaux & Co., Paris
painted beechwood, original wool upholstery with petit-point needlework
each chair impressed J. M. FRANK and MADE IN FRANCE and with the firm's marks and numbers
33½ x 19⅛ x 22 in. (85.1 x 48.6 x 55.9 cm) each
Commissioned directly from the artist by Nelson Rockefeller, 1939
Léopold Diego Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1997, p. 216
John Loring, "Thirties Transposition: Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller's Manhattan Apartment," Architectural Digest, December 1983, pp. 145-146 (for the present lot illustrated in the Rockefeller 810 Fifth Avenue apartment)
John Loring, "Thirties Transposition: Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller's Manhattan Apartment," Architectural Digest, December 1983, pp. 145-146 (for the present lot illustrated in the Rockefeller 810 Fifth Avenue apartment)