A PAINTED METAL DESK AND SIDE TABLE

BY ROUÉ FOR ROBERT MALLET-STEVENS' VILLA OF VICOMTE CHARLES DE NOAILLES, HYERES, FRANCE, CIRCA 1923

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A PAINTED METAL DESK AND SIDE TABLE
by roué for robert mallet-stevens' villa of vicomte charles de noailles, hyeres, france, circa 1923
The long rectangular top above three long drawers, the square legs resting on large industrial castors and connected by long, low stretcher, fitted with modernist chrome lamp stamped ADJUSTABLE GRAS with indistinct letters; together with a small rectangular side table
desk 79in. (200cm.) long, 30in. (76cm.) high, 30in. (76cm.) deep; small table 19in. (48cm.) high, 19 1/2in. (49.5cm.) wide, 15 3/4in. (40cm.) deep (3)

Literature

Dominique Deshoulières et al., Rob Mallet-Stevens, Architecte, Editions des Archives d'Architecture Moderne, Brussels, p. 199 for an illustration of this table in situ.

Lot Essay

cf. Jean-Francois Pinchon, ed. Rob. Mallet-Stevens, Architecture, Furniture, Interior Design, The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1990, p. 31 for another view of the "pink salon" in the Vicomte de Noailles's house for which these pieces were designed.