Live Auction 17422Design
RENÉ COULON (1882–1974)
Lot 57

RENÉ COULON (1882–1974)

Rare Armchair, circa 1938

Closed4 June 2019

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USD 43,750

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RENÉ COULON (1882–1974)
Rare Armchair, circa 1938
produced by the Glacerie Saint-Gobain, France
each panel etched with Glace Sécurit
tempered glass, original coated canvas upholstery
29 ½ in. (74.9 cm.) high, 28 ½ in. (72.4 cm.) wide, 26 ½ in. (67.3 cm.) deep

Private Collection, France, acquired from the artist's family
Galerie Chastel-Maréchal, Paris
Private Collection, New York
Phillips New York, Design, 11 June 2013, lot 39
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Specialist note


The collaboration between René Coulon and the Saint-Gobain glassworks developed as a result of the latter's exploration of the use of glass in architecture in 1937 with the construction of the Saint-Gobain Pavillon, a steel and glass structure raised from concrete foundations, at the Exposition Universelle, Paris. To furnish the interior of the Pavillon, Coulon designed a series of avant-gard yet resilient furnishings created from curved and tempered glass.