Lot Essay
This lot is sold with a certificate of authenticity from the Comité Jean-Michel Frank.
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A SET OF FOUR CHAIRS, CIRCA 1930
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A SET OF FOUR CHAIRS, CIRCA 1930
supplied by Jean-Michel Frank for Madame Estevez-Fauchille; together with a set of six similar chairs most likely from the same provenance; and together with two modern reproductions; limed oak, beech, upholstery
each 32 ½ in. (82.5 cm.) high
four chairs stamped Chanaux & Cie JM Frank and No 17483
A SET OF FOUR CHAIRS, CIRCA 1930
supplied by Jean-Michel Frank for Madame Estevez-Fauchille; together with a set of six similar chairs most likely from the same provenance; and together with two modern reproductions; limed oak, beech, upholstery
each 32 ½ in. (82.5 cm.) high
four chairs stamped Chanaux & Cie JM Frank and No 17483
Provenance
Madame Estevez-Fauchille, Paris.
Literature
L. D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1997, p. 118 for a period photograph of the chairs in situ in Madame Estevez-Fauchille's dining room, p. 219 for a chair from this commission;
P.-E. Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank: The Strange and Subtle Luxury of the Parisian Haute-Monde in the Art Deco Period, New York, 2008, pp. 20 for a period photograph of the chairs in situ in Madame Estevez-Fauchille's dining room.
P.-E. Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank: The Strange and Subtle Luxury of the Parisian Haute-Monde in the Art Deco Period, New York, 2008, pp. 20 for a period photograph of the chairs in situ in Madame Estevez-Fauchille's dining room.
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