Jean Royère - Design New York Wednesday, December 9, 2020 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Acquired from the designer’s former residence, Paris
    Phillips, New York, "Design Day Sale," December 13, 2018, lot 147
    Acquired from the above

  • Literature

    Galerie Jacques Lacoste and Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Royère, Volume 2, Paris, 2012, p. 339 for a drawing
    Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean Royère, Paris, 2017, pp. 151, 154, 157, 281

  • Artist Biography

    Jean Royère

    French • 1902 - 1981

    Jean Royère took on the mantle of the great artistes décorateurs of 1940s France and ran with it into the second half of the twentieth century. Often perceived as outside of the modernist trajectory ascribed to twentieth-century design, Royère was nonetheless informed by and enormously influential to his peers. Having opened a store in Paris in 1943 before the war had ended, he was one of the first to promote a new way of life through interior decoration, and his lively approach found an international audience early on in his career.

    In addition to commissions in Europe and South America, Royère had a strong business in the Middle East where he famously designed homes for the Shah of Iran, King Farouk of Egypt and King Hussein of Jordan. The surrealist humor and artist's thoughtful restraint that he brought to his furniture designs continue to draw admiration to this day.

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Group of door handles

circa 1945
Gilt bronze, bamboo.
Each: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm) long
Comprising 7 sets of door handles, as shown, in addition to other hardware elements not illustrated, including 5 single door handles, 5 keys, 8 escutcheons and 4 lock covers.

Estimate
$7,000 - 9,000 

Sold for $20,160

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New York Auction 9 December 2020