LOT DETAILS

Materials:

lacquered and chromium-plated metal, mattress and leopard skin

Measurements:

29.53 in. (75.00 cm.) (height) by 22.05 in. (56.00 cm.) (width) by 61.42 in. (156.00 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

Vienna, Musem für angewandte Kunst,. Möbel Als Trophäe , May 27, 2009 - February 28, 2010, illustrated pp. 65 and 67 in the exhibition catalogue. Paris, Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris,. Charlotte Perriand 1903-1999, De la photographie au Design , March 31 - September 18, 2011

Literature:

Robert Descharnes, 'En Inde, un palais 1930',. Connaissance des Arts , September 1970, illustrated p. 52. Yvonne Brunhammer,. Les Styles des années 30 à 50 , Paris, 1987, illustrated p. 52. . Thonet Tubular Steel Furniture, Card Catalogue, 1930-1931 , Weil am Rhein, 1989, model listed under number B 306. Reto Niggl,. Eckart Muthesius, The Maharaja's Palace in Indore, Architecture and Interior , Stuttgart, 1996, illustrated p. 75. Patricia Bayer,. Intérieurs Art Déco , London, illustrated p. 136. . Le Palais du Maharadjah d'Indore - Photographies , exhibition catalogue, Galerie Doria, Paris, September 15 - November 18, 2006, illustrated p. 91. Jacques Barsac,. Charlotte Perriand, L'œuvre complète, Volume 1: 1903-1940 , Paris, pp. 78-83 for the history of the model

Provenance:

Maharaja of Indore, Manik Bagh Palace, India. Sotheby's, Monaco,. Mobilier Moderniste provenant du palais du Maharaja d'Indore , May 25, 1980, lot 215. Acquired from the above by the present owner