Pierre Chareau
MB405 desk
Auction Closed
May 28, 05:43 PM GMT
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Pierre Chareau
MB405 desk
Circa 1927
Walnut and patinated wrought iron
92 x 162 x 103 cm ; 36 ¼ x 63 ¾ x 40 ½ in. (close)
92 x 222,5 x 103 cm ; 36 ¼ x 87 ½ x 40 ½ in. (open)
Raymond and Madeleine Dior, 3 square de l’Opéra, Paris, commissioned directly from Pierre Chareau circa 1927
Private collection, France
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Private collection, France
René Herbst, Pierre Chareau, Paris, 1954, p. 72
Marc Vellay and Kenneth Frampton, Pierre Chareau, Architecte-meublier 1883-1950, Paris, 1984, p. 82, 83
Brian Brace Taylor, Pierre Chareau, Designer and Architect, Cologne, 1992, reproduced p.78
Denis Doria, Pierre Chareau, Un architecte moderne de Paris à New York, Paris, 2016, pl. A IV, reproduced under n° 37
Marc Bedarida, Francis Lamond, Pierre Chareau, Biographie, expositions, mobilier I., Paris, 2023, reproduced under n° 32 p. 312
Marc Bedarida, Pierre Chareau, Architecture intérieure, architecture II., Paris, 2023, reproduced p. 96