LOT DETAILS

Materials:

shagreen, mahogany, marble, amazonite, silvered bronze

Measurements:

35.39 in. (89.90 cm.) (height) by 51.50 in. (130.80 cm.) (width) by 18.50 in. (47.00 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

impressed 2535 and with maker's monogram twice

Literature:

René Chavance,. Une ambassade française : Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes , Paris, 1925, pl. XXIV (for the white commode in the "Chambre de Madame," in the "Ambassade Française" at the Paris 1925 Exhibition). Gabrielle Rosenthal. , "La cour des métiers et l'ambassade française,". L'Art Vivant , October 1925, p. 14 (for the view of the white commode cited above). Yvonne Brunhammer,. 1925 , Paris, 1976, p. 68 (for the view of the white commode cited above). "Un Art de Composer, A Paris, chez un fervent des années trente," . Vogue Décoration , 1987, no. 4, p. 99 (for the present lot illustrated). Yvonne Brunhammer and Suzanne Tise,. Decorative Arts of France 1900-1942 , New York, 1990, p. 104 (for the view of the white commode cited above). Lison de Caunes et Jean Perfettini,. Le Galuchat , Paris, 1994, p. 138 (for the present lot illustrated). Félix Marcilhac,. André Groult: décorateur-ensemblier du Xxe siècle , Paris, 1997, pp. 152 (for the view of the white commode), 166 (for the white commode) and 185 and inside front and back covers (for the present lot illustrated). Pierre Kjellberg,. Le Mobilier du XXe Siècle, Dictionnaire des Créateurs, Paris, 2000, p. 282 (for the white commode). Charlotte Benton, Tim Benton and Ghislaine Wood, eds.,. Art Deco 1910-1939 , London, 2003, p.146 (for the above view of the white commode cited above)

Provenance:

Private American Collection, Paris. Jean-Jacques Dutko, Paris. Collection of Claude and Simone Dray, Paris, acquired from the above in 1995. Christie's Paris,. Collection Claude et Simone Dray - Art Déco , June 8, 2006, lot 106. DeLorenzo, New York. Acquired from the above by the present owner.