Live Auction 2182Important 20th Century Decorative Art and Design
Christie’s roundel
Lot 36

ROBERT MALLET-STEVENS (1886-1945)

A SILVERED-METAL BOX, CIRCA 1928

Closed2 June 2009

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ROBERT MALLET-STEVENS (1886-1945)
A Silvered-Metal Box, circa 1928
made by La Maison Desny
4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) high, 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm.) wide, 8 in. (20.4 cm.) deep
stamped DESNY PARIS MADE IN FRANCE DEPOSE

Specialist note

cf. A. Duncan and A. Friedman, 'La Maison Desny,' The Journal of Propaganda Arts, vol. 9, Summer 1988, pp. 88 for an illustration of a box of this model.
Arts & Decoration, December 1932, p. 30 for an illustration of a box of this model.