ID 778892
Lot 252 | JEAN-MAURICE ROTHSCHILD (1902-1998) AND EMILE GAUDISSARD (1872-1956)
Estimate value
$ 5 000 – 7 000
Low Chair from the Grand Salon of the S.S. Normandie, circa 1934
gilt carved wood, Aubusson upholstery
32 3⁄4 x 27 1⁄2 x 25 in. (83.2 x 69.9 x 63.5 cm)
with manufacturer's label marked ATELIERS D'ART SPADE Freres 80, Av. Paul Doumer PARIS
Provenance
S.S. Normandie, Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, circa 1935-1939
Christie's East, New York, 7 November 1996, lot 132
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 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 and no. P27 (for a period photograph of the Grand Salon), 68, no. 60 (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. 352
| Artist: | Émile Gaudissard (1872–1956) Jean-Maurice Rothschild (1902–1998) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs |
| Artist: | Émile Gaudissard (1872–1956) Jean-Maurice Rothschild (1902–1998) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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