Jean Royère - Design London Monday, April 28, 2014 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Private collection, Paris, circa 1948

  • Literature

    Mobilier et Décoration (Paris), May 1937, p. 143, no. 3, April 1951, p. 34, no. 1, January-February, 1954, p. 314
    Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean Royère, Paris, 2002, pp. 39, 108, 119
    Galerie Jacques Lacoste and Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Royère, Volume 1, Paris, 2012, p. 230
    Galerie Jacques Lacoste and Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Royère, Volume 2, Paris, 2012, p. 55

  • 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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Pair of ‘Croisillon’ dining chairs

circa 1948
Ash, fabric.
Each: 76.8 x 46.3 x 48.1 cm (30 1/4 x 18 1/4 x 18 7/8 in.)

Estimate
£18,000 - 28,000 

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Design

London Auction 29 April 2014 2pm