PIERRE CHAREAU (1883-1950)
Lot 65

PIERRE CHAREAU (1883-1950)

A PAIR OF 'MF158' ARMCHAIRS, CIRCA 1927

Closed13 December 2012

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USD 170,500

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PIERRE CHAREAU (1883-1950)
A PAIR OF 'MF158' ARMCHAIRS, CIRCA 1927
macassar ebony, wool upholstery, with silvered bronze feet
each 29 in. (73.5 cm.) high

Grand Hôtel, Tours;
DeLorenzo Gallery, New York.

Specialist note

cf. M. Vellay and K. Frampton, Pierre Chareau, London, 1985, pp. 70, 72, 73 for other armchairs of this model in the Grand Hôtel, Tours, pp. 194, 315 in other interiors;
B. Taylor, Pierre Chareau: Designer and Architect, Berlin, 1992, p. 53 for additional examples of this model;
Pierre Chareau: Architecte, Un Art Intérieur, Paris, 1993, p. 193 for period images of this model in the Grand Hôtel, Tours in 1927.

Caption: The salon at the Grand Hôtel, Tours