Three-piece salon suite | Sotheby´s

Prix estimatif: 50.000-70.000 US$

Enchères:
The Collecting Eye of S. Stein

Date de vente: 2003-12-11

Lieu des enchères:
New York

Numéro du lot: 133

Design

Pierre Chareau

Numéro ID d'Architonic

4103179

Oak and fabric upholstery
sofa: 38 1/2 x 87 x 40 1/2 in. (97.8 x 221 x 102.9 cm)
armchairs: 38 1/2 in. (97.8 cm)

Provenance:
Sotheby's London, 29 March 1996, lot 277

Literature:
Maurice Dufrene, ed., Ensembles Mobiliers: Exposition Internationale 1925, vol. III, Paris, 1925, pl. 14 (for a period photograph illustrating this armchair model in Chareau's dining room of une habitation coloniale at the 1925 Paris Exposition)
Maurice Dufrene, ed., Authentic Art Deco Interiors from the 1925 Paris Exhibition, reprint, Woodbridge, 1989, pl. 89 (for the same period photograph)

Catalogue note:
The present suite's original upholstery bore the cloth label of Poteau & Cie Décorateurs 59, Rue de Turenne, 59 Paris.