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Lot 9
12.06.2025 00:00UTC +01:00
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ID 1436503
Lot 9 | FRENCH
Estimate value
$ 6 000 – 8 000
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Pair of Twelve-Light Chandeliers, circa 1937
painted metal, glass
40 in. (101.6 cm) high, 30 ¾ in. (78.1 cm) diameter (each)




Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. James D. Zellerbach, Pacific Heights, San Francisco, circa 1937, commissioned from Frances Elkins (Gallery)
Norah and Norman Stone, Pacific Heights, San Francisco, 1994
Acquired from the above by the present owner, Pacific Heights, San Francisco, 2022



Literature

D. Warwick Reed, "A New American Style, Why Frances Elkins is the decorator's decorator," The Connoisseur, London, January 1984, p. 87 (present lot illustrated)
J. Chatfield-Taylor, “An Elkins Revival: Classic Lines and Contemporary Art in San Francisco,” Architectural Digest, New York, special issue, vol. 53, no. 2, February 1996, pp. 144-151 (for a discussion of the interior)
S. M. Salny, Frances Elkins: Interior Design, New York, 2005, pp. 112-113 (present lot illustrated), 108-123 (for a discussion of the commission)
P.-E. Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, l'étrange luxe du rien, Paris, 2006, p. 254 (for a discussion of the commission)
P. E. Meza, Inventing the California Look, New York, 2022, pp. 227 (present lot illustrated), 226-229 (for a discussion of the commission)
S. Powell, Frances Elkins: Visionary American Designer, New York, 2023, pp. 174 (present lot illustrated), 174-179 (for a discussion of the commission)



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