A SET OF SIX FRENCH POLYCHROME-DECORATED DINING CHAIRS

Los 58
21.09.2022 14:00UTC +00:00
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Los 58 | A SET OF SIX FRENCH POLYCHROME-DECORATED DINING CHAIRS
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£ 15 000 – 25 000
A SET OF SIX FRENCH POLYCHROME-DECORATED DINING CHAIRS

DESIGNED BY GEORGES GEFFROY, MADE BY MAISON DECOUR, 1950

Each upholstered in red velvet with fringed green velvet dust covers, on X-framed legs joined by a brass stretchers, the frames painted to simulate tulipwood

33 1/2 in. (85 cm.) high; 18 1/2 in. (47 cm.) wide; 18 in. (46 cm.) deep





Provenance

Arturo López-Willshaw (1900-1962) commissioned for his yacht La Gaviota IV.

Robert de Balkany (1931-2015), purchased with the yacht (renamed Marala)

Anonymous sale; sold Sotheby's, Paris, 27 November 2018, lot 147 (a set of twelve).



Literature

P. Arizzoli Clementel, Georges Geffroy (1905-1971), une légende du grand décor français, Paris, 2016, p. 61 and 69 (ill.)





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