Important Design

Important Design

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Property of An Important Swiss Private Collection

Armand-Albert Rateau

Pair of lounge chairs

Estimate

70,000 - 100,000 EUR

Lot Details

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Description

Armand-Albert Rateau


Pair of lounge chairs

Circa 1920-1925

Carved and molded gilt wood and silk upholstery

Stamped AA RATEAU twice on each lounge chair and numbered 51x1 526 under the seat of one lounge chair

82 x 53 x 67 cm ; 32 ¼ x 20 ⅞ x 26 ⅜ in.

Veuillez noter que contrairement à ce qui est indiqué dans le catalogue papier et PDF, le symbole « †† » s'applique à ce lot. Please note that contrary to what is indicated in the printed and PDF catalogue, the symbole "††" applies to this lot.

Armand Albert Rateau collection, Paris

Thence by descent

Rouillac, Cheverny, 16 June 2014, lot 409

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Private collection, Switzerland

For a similar model :

Evelyne Schlumberger, "Au 16 rue Barbet-de-Jouy avec Jeanne Lanvin", Connaissance des Arts, Paris, August 1963, p. 69-70

Yvonne Brunhammer, Le style 1925, Paris, 1987, p. 40

Franck Olivier-Vial et François Rateau, Armand Albert Rateau : un baroque chez les modernes, Paris, 1992, p. 36-37, 39 and 47

Hélène Guéné, Décoration et haute couture : Armand Albert Rateau pour Jeanne Lanvin, un autre Art déco, Paris, 2006, p. 126-127, 130-131 and 137

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