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Property from an Important Private European Collection Pierre Chareau Pair of chauffeuses, model no. MF 313 circa 1926 Fabric upholstery. Each: 23 1/4 x 27 1/2 x 37 in. (59.1 x 69.9 x 94 cm) Tapestry designed by Jean Lurçat
Provenance Galerie Félix Marcilhac, Paris Private collection, Paris Christie’s, Paris, "Arts Décoratifs du xxé siècle et Design," May 16, 2007, lot 239 Private collection, Paris Acquired from the above by the present owner Exhibited "Pierre Chareau: Modern Architecture and Design," The Jewish Museum, New York, November 4, 2016-March 26, 2017 (for the chauffeuse pictured on the right) Literature Albert Morancé, ed., Encyclopédie des Métiers d'Art: Décoration Moderne, Tome 1, Paris, pls. 63, 65-66 Gabriel Henriot, "Pierre Chareau," Mobilier et Décoration, December 1927, pp. 218, 220 Ivanhoé Rambosson, "Un grand hôtel à Tours," Art et Décoration, January-June, 1928, p. 36 Mark Vellay and Kenneth Frampton Pierre Chareau Architecte-Meublier 1883-1950, Paris, 1984, pp. 68-69, 97, 112, 308 Brian Brice Taylor, Pierre Chareau Designer and Architect, New York, 1998, p. 64 for a gouache, illustrated p. 87 Marie-France Boyer, "Shades of Gray," The World of Interiors, May 2011, illustrated pp. 208, 210 Esther da Costa Meyer, Pierre Chareau Modern Architecture and Design, exh. cat., The Jewish Museum, New Haven, 2016, pp. 58-59 for similar examples, illustrated p. 105 Catalogue Essay The present model "chauffeuse" was exhibited at the 1926 Salon d'Automne, Paris. Read More