Upholstered bear chairs | Sotheby´s
Estimated value: 15.000-20.000 US$
Reached Price : 41.825 US$
Auction:
By Design
Sales date: 2002-05-18
Location:
New York
Lot number: 426
Design
Jean RoyèreArchitonic id
4104648
Originally designed for the French embassy in Finland, these chairs were part of a suite called boule(ball), later reverting to the more whimsical accurateours (bear).
Height 24 1/2 in. 62.2 cm.
A similar pair was sold at Christie's London June 11 1999, sale 6117, lot 92, for the tidy sum of 75,000 pounds sterling !
Height 24 1/2 in. 62.2 cm.
A similar pair was sold at Christie's London June 11 1999, sale 6117, lot 92, for the tidy sum of 75,000 pounds sterling !
