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JEAN-MAURICE ROTHSCHILD (1902-1998) AND ÉMILE GAUDISSARD (1872-1956)

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07.06.2022 11:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 250 | JEAN-MAURICE ROTHSCHILD (1902-1998) AND ÉMILE GAUDISSARD (1872-1956)
JEAN-MAURICE ROTHSCHILD (1902-1998) AND ÉMILE GAUDISSARD (1872-1956)

Armchair from the Grand Salon of the S. S. Normandie, circa 1934

mahogany, Aubusson upholstery

31 1⁄2 x 33 x 26 in. (80 x 83.8 x 66 cm)





Provenance

S.S. Normandie, Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, circa 1935-1939

Private Collection, USA

Christie's East, New York, 15 November 1995, lot 154

Acquired from the above by the present owner



Literature

L. Reade, "The French Line Quadruple-screw Turbo-electric North Atlantic Steamship: Normandie", Ocean Liners of the Past: No. 5 in a series of reprints from 'The Shipbuilder & Marine Engine Builder', Greenwich, 1970, p. 119, fig. 5 and 6, and pl. XI (for a period photograph of the Grand Salon)

B. Foucart, et al., Normandie: Queen of the Seas, New York, 1985, pp. 70-71 (for a related example and period photograph of the Grand Salon)

F. Marcilhac, Jean Dunand: His Life and Works, London, 1991, p. 145 (for a period photograph of the Grand Salon)

Y. Masutani, et al., Fantastic Voyage: Luxury and Sophistication on the Ocean Liners, Osaka, 1996, pp. 66 (for an illustration of the Grand Salon), 67, no. 57 (for a related example) and no. P27 (for a period photograph of the Grand Salon), 68, no. 61 (for a related example)

J. Maxtone-Graham, Normandie: France's Legendary Art Deco Ocean Liner, New York, 2007, pp. 92, 206, 215, 221, 249 (for period photographs of the Grand Salon)

F. Marcilhac and A. Marcilhac, Jean Dunand, Paris, 2020, p. 165 (for a period photograph of the Grand Salon)



Exhibited

San Francisco, California, International Airport SFO Museum, S.S. Normandie, May 2004 - January 2005, no. 353
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