Lot Essay
cf. K. Frampton, M. Vellay, Pierre Chareau, Paris, 1984, p. 318 for another stool of this model;
Exhibition catalogue, Chareau, architecte, un art intèrieur, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1993, p. 181 for period illustrations of the Lanique apartment.
The present stool was part of the furnishings of the main salon at an apartment at 72 Avenue Henri Martin, Paris, realized for Pierre Lanique by Pierre Chareau in association with Francis Jourdain in 1923/24. The use of this stool in the Lanique apartment represents one of the earliest uses by Chareau of this particular design in an interior.
Exhibition catalogue, Chareau, architecte, un art intèrieur, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1993, p. 181 for period illustrations of the Lanique apartment.
The present stool was part of the furnishings of the main salon at an apartment at 72 Avenue Henri Martin, Paris, realized for Pierre Lanique by Pierre Chareau in association with Francis Jourdain in 1923/24. The use of this stool in the Lanique apartment represents one of the earliest uses by Chareau of this particular design in an interior.