Pierre Chareau - Design and Design Art New York Thursday, May 24, 2007 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Interior of the Pavillon du Tourisme, Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris, France, 1925

  • Literature

    Marc Vellay and Kenneth Frampton, Pierre Chareau Architect and Craftsman 1883-1950, London, 1990, p. 311 for similar examples; Jean-François Pinchon, ed., Robert Mallet-Stevens: Architecture, Furniture, Interior Design, Cambridge, 1990, p. 65 for a period photograph; Guillaume Janneau, Le Luminaire: Lighting Design 1925-1937, Paris, 1992, pp. 83 and 155 for similar examples; Robert Mallet-Stevens Architecte 1886-1945, exh. cat., Archives d’Architecture Moderne, Brussels, 1998, p. 240 for period photographs

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Pair of sconces, Pavillon du Tourisme, Paris, France

ca. 1925
Alabaster, iron (2).
Each: 15 3/4 x 5 1/2 x 3 7/8 in. (40 x 14 x 9.8 cm)

Estimate
$20,000 - 30,000 

Design and Design Art

24 May 2007
2pm New York