René Herbst - The Architect London Monday, April 28, 2014 | Phillips
  • Literature

    Francis Jourdain, Interieurs, Paris, 1929, pl. 39
    Léon Deshairs, L'art décoratif français, deuxième série, Paris, 1930, p. 29
    Yvonne Brunhammer and Suzanne Tise, French Decorative Arts - The Société des Artistes Décorateurs 1900 - 1942, Paris, 1990, pp. 150-51
    Solange Goguel, René Herbst, Paris, 1990, pp. 176-77 for similar examples, 216
    Guillemette Delaporte-Idrissi, René Herbst: Pioneer of Modernism, Paris, 2000, p. 126

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Pair of armchairs

circa 1928
Nickel-plated tubular metal, leather.
68.7 x 50.8 x 64.8 cm (27 x 20 x 25 ½ in.)
Probably produced by Les Etablissements Siegel et Stockman Réunis, France.

Estimate
£40,000 - 60,000 Ω

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Created by Lee F. Mindel, London Auction 29 April 2014 6pm