Jean Royère

"Flaque" Low Table

Import Tariff

Auction Closed

April 22, 07:10 PM GMT

Estimate

150,000 - 200,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Collection of Jean and Terry de Gunzburg: Design Masters

Jean Royère

"Flaque" Low Table

circa 1959

straw marquetry, oak, glass

9 ⅞ x 49 ½ x 25 ¾ in. (25.1 x 125.7 x 65.4 cm)

Galerie du Passage, Paris

Acquired from the above by the present owners, 1998

Jean Royère, décorateur à Paris, exh. cat., Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 1999, pp. 27, 62-63, 70, 122 (for a drawing of the model) and 164 (for a related example)

Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean Royère, Paris, 2002, pp. 143, 209 and 211

Galerie Jacques Lacoste and Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Royère, Paris, 2012, vol. I, pp. 45-46, 49, 164, 212-213 and 216-218

Galerie Jacques Lacoste and Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Royère, Paris, 2012, vol. II, pp. 58-59, 83 and 167 (for drawings of the model)

Because this lot was imported into the United States after April 5th, 2025, it is subject to an import tariff based on the value declared upon entry into the United States. The cost of the tariff, $26,250, plus applicable sales tax will be included on your invoice unless you instruct Sotheby's to arrange shipping of the lot to a foreign address. For more information on the import tariff, please review the Symbol Key in the back of the catalogue.