A PARCHMENT COVERED DRESSING TABLE
Caption for photo above lot 56 The gentlemen's cloakroom at the Mrs. Kersey Coates Reed House, Lake Forest, Illinois, 1978, lot 56, 57, and 58/9 in situ
A PARCHMENT COVERED DRESSING TABLE

JEAN-MICHEL FRANK, MANUFACTURED BY CHANAUX & CO., CIRCA 1930

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A PARCHMENT COVERED DRESSING TABLE
Jean-Michel Frank, manufactured by Chanaux & Co., circa 1930
28½in. (72.3cm.) high, 59 1/8in. (150.2cm.) wide, 19¾in. (50.2cm.) deep
stamped JMFRANK 11217 CHANAUX & Co
Provenance
Mrs. Kersey Coates Reed
Literature
Stephen M. Salny, "Historic Interiors: Frances Elkins, A Surviving Example of The Noted Designer's Work" in Architectural Digest, July/August, 1980, p. 90. Martha Thorne, ed., David Adler, Architect: The Elements of Style, 2002, p. 41.
Stephen M. Salny, The Country Houses of David Adler, 2001, p. 133. Each above reference shows the gentlemen's cloakroom of the Mrs. Kersey Coates Reed House, Lake Forest, Illinois, 1978, (reproduced above), showing the present lot, lot 57 and lots 58/59 in situ.

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