'Corbeille' Floor Lamp, circa 1957

Details

JEAN ROYÈRE (1902-1981)
'Corbeille' Floor Lamp, circa 1957
gilt wrought-iron, paper shades
70 1/4 in. (178.4 cm) high, 27 in. (68.7 cm) diameter including shades

Provenance

Primavera Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2002

Literature

R. Moutard-Uldry, "Jean Royère et la passion des voyages", Mobilier et Decoration, No. 7, September-October 1954, p. 297
Jean Royère, exh. cat. Galerie Jacques Lacoste, 1999, Paris, pp. 42-43, 47
C. de Beyrie, S. de Beyrie, J. Ouaiss, Jean Royère, New York, 2000, p. 31 (present lot illustrated)
Galerie Jacques Lacoste, Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Royère, vol. 1, Paris, 2012, p. 272

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Lot Essay

This model was created for the Shah of Iran's palace in Tehran in 1957.
This model is illustrated in photographs no. 1175, 1193, 1765, and 1768, in the Jean Royère Archive, see lot 21 in this sale.

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