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Collection of Jean and Terry de Gunzburg: Design Masters

Armand-Albert Rateau

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Auction Closed

April 22, 07:10 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Collection of Jean and Terry de Gunzburg: Design Masters

Armand-Albert Rateau

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circa 1925

patinated iron

16 x 21 ¼ x ⅞ in. (40.6 x 54 x 2.2 cm)

Galerie Félix Marcilhac, Paris

Acquired from the above by the present owners, 1999

AA Rateau, DeLorenzo Gallery, New York, 1990, pp. 13 and 15 (for the model in situ in Jeanne Lanvin's bedroom)

Franck Olivier-Vial and François Rateau, Armand-Albert Rateau, Paris, 1992, pp. 36-37 and 45

Hélène Guéné, Décoration et haute couture: Armand-Albert Rateau pour Jeanne Lanvin, un autre art déco, Paris, 2006, pp. 80 and 127