Live Auction 5918Christie's Interiors
Lot 272

A FRENCH OAK AND CERAMIC MOUNTED SIDEBOARD

BY MAURICE PRÉ, CIRCA 1955

Closed1 December 2009

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GBP 2,500

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A FRENCH OAK AND CERAMIC MOUNTED SIDEBOARD
BY MAURICE PRÉ, CIRCA 1955
The two shelved bays enclosed by a pair of channel-moulded sliding doors flanked by shallow cupboards to the end-panels on cut-away end plinths
40½ in. (103 cm.) high; 90¼ in. (229 cm.) wide; 20 in. (51 cm.) deep

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Maurice Pré, a French decorator and furniture designer, worked in Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann's atelier for eight years and participated with the Art Deco master in the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris, 1925. Known for his combination of furniture materials, Pré taught at École Boulle, Paris.