Lot 250 THE MIOTTEL MUSEUM: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE S.S. NORMANDIE

JEAN-MAURICE ROTHSCHILD (1902-1998) AND ÉMILE GAUDISSARD (1872-1956)

Armchair from the Grand Salon of the S. S. Normandie, circa 1934

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JEAN-MAURICE ROTHSCHILD (1902-1998) AND ÉMILE GAUDISSARD (1872-1956)
Armchair from the Grand Salon of the S. S. Normandie, circa 1934
mahogany, Aubusson upholstery
31 1⁄2 x 33 x 26 in. (80 x 83.8 x 66 cm)

S.S. Normandie, Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, circa 1935-1939
Private Collection, USA
Christie's East, New York, 15 November 1995, lot 154
Acquired from the above by the present owner

L. Reade, "The French Line Quadruple-screw Turbo-electric North Atlantic Steamship: Normandie", Ocean Liners of the Past: No. 5 in a series of reprints from 'The Shipbuilder & Marine Engine Builder', Greenwich, 1970, p. 119, fig. 5 and 6, and pl. XI (for a period photograph of the Grand Salon)
B. Foucart, et al., Normandie: Queen of the Seas, New York, 1985, pp. 70-71 (for a related example and period photograph of the Grand Salon)
F. Marcilhac, Jean Dunand: His Life and Works, London, 1991, p. 145 (for a period photograph of the Grand Salon)
Y. Masutani, et al., Fantastic Voyage: Luxury and Sophistication on the Ocean Liners, Osaka, 1996, pp. 66 (for an illustration of the Grand Salon), 67, no. 57 (for a related example) and no. P27 (for a period photograph of the Grand Salon), 68, no. 61 (for a related example)
J. Maxtone-Graham, Normandie: France's Legendary Art Deco Ocean Liner, New York, 2007, pp. 92, 206, 215, 221, 249 (for period photographs of the Grand Salon)
F. Marcilhac and A. Marcilhac, Jean Dunand, Paris, 2020, p. 165 (for a period photograph of the Grand Salon)

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JEAN-MAURICE ROTHSCHILD (1902-1998) AND ÉMILE GAUDISSARD (1872-1956)

Armchair from the Grand Salon of the S. S. Normandie, circa 1934

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