JEAN ROYÈRE (1902-1981)
'Ambassador' Sofa, circa 1955
oak, velvet upholstery
43 1⁄8 x 93 ½ x 28 ½ in. (109.5 x 237.5 x 72.5 cm)
JEAN ROYÈRE (1902-1981)
'Ambassador' Sofa, circa 1955
oak, velvet upholstery
43 1⁄8 x 93 ½ x 28 ½ in. (109.5 x 237.5 x 72.5 cm)
Private Collection, Algeria Phillips, London, 27 September 2012, lot 22 Private Collection Sotheby's, Paris, 6 May 2018, lot 97 Acquired from the above by the present owner
Jean Royère, décorateur à Paris, exh. cat., Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 8 October 1999 – 30 January 2000, p. 101 (for a drawing) Galerie Jacques Lacoste and Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Royère, vol. 1, Paris, 2012, pp. 36, 38, 39, 40, 178 and 180 Galerie Jacques Lacoste and Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Royère, vol. 2, Paris, 2012, pp. 42 (present lot illustrated) and 135 Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean Royère, Paris, 2017, p. 48