Product description
Oak and fabric upholstery
sofa: 38 1/2 x 87 x 40 1/2 in. (97.8 x 221 x 102.9 cm)
armchairs: 38 1/2 in. (97.8 cm)
Provenance:
Sotheby's London, 29 March 1996, lot 277
Literature:
Maurice Dufrene, ed., Ensembles Mobiliers: Exposition Internationale 1925, vol. III, Paris, 1925, pl. 14 (for a period photograph illustrating this armchair model in Chareau's dining room of une habitation coloniale at the 1925 Paris Exposition)
Maurice Dufrene, ed., Authentic Art Deco Interiors from the 1925 Paris Exhibition, reprint, Woodbridge, 1989, pl. 89 (for the same period photograph)
Catalogue note:
The present suite's original upholstery bore the cloth label of Poteau & Cie Décorateurs 59, Rue de Turenne, 59 Paris.