Live Auction 2756Important 20th Century Decorative Art & Design
FERNAND LEGER (1881-1955)
Lot 63

FERNAND LEGER (1881-1955)

A 'BLANC' CARPET, DESIGNED CIRCA 1927

Closed19 December 2013

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FERNAND LEGER (1881-1955)
A 'BLANC' CARPET, DESIGNED CIRCA 1927
woven by Maison Myrbor, hand-knotted wool
4 ft. 4 in. x 8 ft. 8¼ in. (134.6 x 270 cm.)
signed in the binding LEGER

Specialist note

cf. S. Day, Art Deco and Modernist Carpets, San Francisco, 2002, p. 133, no. 181 for an illustration of a nearly identical rug in the apartment of Robert Mallet-Stevens;
D. Paulvé, Marie Cuttoli, Myrbor et l'invention de la tapisserie moderne, Paris, 2010, p. 44 for another rug of this design in the apartment of Paul du Bousquet decorated by Pierre Barbe, circa 1927.