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PIERRE CHAREAU (1883-1950)

Lot 14
11.12.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1530070
Lot 14 | PIERRE CHAREAU (1883-1950)
Estimate value
$ 70 000 – 100 000
PIERRE CHAREAU (1883-1950)
Pair of Armchairs, Model No. MF208-217, designed circa 1923
walnut, leather upholstery
32 x 29 x 26 in. (81.3 x 73.5 x 66 cm) (each)




Provenance

Jean-Claude Brugnot, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1982



Literature

G. Janneau, "L'Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Modernes," Beaux-Arts, Paris, no. 12, 15 June 1925, p. 191
Les Arts de la Maison, Paris, Spring-Summer 1926, pl. XXVI, XXVII
R. Herbst, Pierre Chareau: un inventeur. l'architecte, Paris, 1954, pp. 20, 25, 55
Y. Brunhammer, Le Style 1925, Paris, 1975, p. 87, no. 2
A. Duncan, Art Deco Furniture, London, 1984, p. 19, no. 4
M. Vellay and K. Frampton, Pierre Chareau: Architecte Meublier 1883-1950, Paris, 1984, pp. 50, 75-77, 84-85
A. Bony, Les années 20, Paris, 1989, p. 916
M. Battersby, The Decorative Twenties, New York, 1988, p. 76
Pierre Chareau, exh. cat., L'Arc en Seine, Paris, 1991, p. 49
B. Brice Taylor, Pierre Chareau: Designer and Architect, Cologne, 1992, pp. 131, 134
Pierre Chareau: architecte, un art intérieur, exh. cat, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1993, pp. 91, 101
Archives Louis Moret, exh, cat., Martigny, 1994, pp. 40, 67
É. Possémé, Le Mobilier Français 1910-1930 les années 25, Paris, 1999, p. 149
M. Vellay, La Maison de Verre: Pierre Chareau’s Modernist Masterwork, New York, 2007, pp. 65, 114-115, 123, 125
Y. Futagawa, Pierre Chareau: Maison de Verre (Maison Dalsace) Paris, France, 1928-32, Tokyo, 2012, p. 40
E. da Costa Meyer, Pierre Chareau: Modern Architecture and Design, New York, 2016, pp. 24, 44, 101, 178, 188
D. Doria, Pierre Chareau : Un architecte moderne de Paris à New York, Paris, 2016, pp. A IV, no. 32, A II, no. 10
M. Bédarida and F. Lamond, Pierre Chareau, Volume 1: Biographie, Expositions, Mobilier, Paris, 2023, pp. 132-133, 253, 294, no. 49
M. Bédarida, Pierre Chareau, Volume 2: Architecture Intérieure, Architecture, Paris, 2023, pp. 64-65, 76, 79, 96, 263, 276, 298-300, 303, 317



Further Details

This model was exhibited in the Bureau-Bibliothèque of the Pavillon de l'Ambassade Française at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris, 1925.

This model can be found in the permanent collection of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA (inv. no. 85.96).

A period image of the model in the Bureau-Bibliothèque of the Pavillon de l'Ambassade Française at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris, 1925 can be found in the Fonds Chareau, Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris (inv. no. 29916.9.1.1).
Artist:Pierre Chareau (1883 - 1950)
Applied technique:Upholstery
Medium:Wood, Rosewood, Textile
Art style:Art Deco
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps, Armchairs and chairs, Armchairs
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