Jean Royère

Pair of "Croisillon" Armchairs

Import Tariff

Auction Closed

April 22, 07:10 PM GMT

Estimate

120,000 - 180,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Collection of Jean and Terry de Gunzburg: Design Masters

Jean Royère

Pair of "Croisillon" Armchairs

circa 1947

enameled metal, fabric upholstery

27 ⅛ x 22 ½ x 30 ⅛ in. (68.9 x 57.2 x 76.5 cm) each

Galerie du Passage, Paris

Acquired from the above by the present owners

"Salon des Artistes Décorateurs," Mobilier et Décoration, no. 4, August 1947, p. 57

Jean Royère, décorateur à Paris, exh. cat., Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 1999, p. 95 (for a drawing of the model)

Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean Royère, Paris, 2002, pp. 120, 122 and 240-241 (for drawings of the model)

Pierre Passebon, Jacques Grange, Paris, 2008, n.p. (for the present lot illustrated)

Galerie Jacques Lacoste and Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Royère, Paris, 2012, vol. I, pp. 66, 104 (for a drawing of the model), 223, 225, 227 (for a drawing of the model) and 234

Galerie Jacques Lacoste and Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Royère, Paris, 2012, vol. II, p. 51

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