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Lot Essay
cf. 'Avant...Après Le Décor de la Maison', Le Décor d'Aujourd'hui, Paris, 1949, p. 45 for another example.
R.Chavance, 'Les aménagements nouveaux de Jean Royère et les réflexions qu'ils inspirent', Mobilier et décoration, 1956, no. 8, p. 21 for another example.
C. Opole, 'Quartier libre de fantaisie', Mobilier et Décoration, Novembre 1958, no. 8, pp. 4-5 for other examples.
J. Lacoste, exhibition catalogue, Jean Royère, Galerie Jacques Lacoste, Paris, May-June 1999, pp. 24, 40, 63, 84 and 85 for other examples.
Exhibition catalogue, Jean Royère Décorateur à Paris, Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, 1999, pp. 9, 10, 12, 41, 60, 63, 70, 71-72, 76, 115, 122-123, 161 and 165 for other examples.
P-E. Martin-Vivier, Jean Royère, Paris, 2002, pp. 226 ff. for other examples and a discussion of the 'Ours Polaire' furniture.
Jean Royère first conceived the 'Ours Polaire' sofa - also called 'Banane' or 'Boule' - for the redecoration of his mother's apartment in the rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré in Paris in 1947. Later the same year, he included it in the exhibition Une résidence française. Although concealed beneath the sofa's curvaceous, soft exterior, its underlying wooden structure is assembled according to traditional furniture makeing techniques. It was the fabric Royère selected for the sofa, a furry velours from Italy, which led to the sofa being christened after it's long-haired namesake, the Polar bear.
R.Chavance, 'Les aménagements nouveaux de Jean Royère et les réflexions qu'ils inspirent', Mobilier et décoration, 1956, no. 8, p. 21 for another example.
C. Opole, 'Quartier libre de fantaisie', Mobilier et Décoration, Novembre 1958, no. 8, pp. 4-5 for other examples.
J. Lacoste, exhibition catalogue, Jean Royère, Galerie Jacques Lacoste, Paris, May-June 1999, pp. 24, 40, 63, 84 and 85 for other examples.
Exhibition catalogue, Jean Royère Décorateur à Paris, Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, 1999, pp. 9, 10, 12, 41, 60, 63, 70, 71-72, 76, 115, 122-123, 161 and 165 for other examples.
P-E. Martin-Vivier, Jean Royère, Paris, 2002, pp. 226 ff. for other examples and a discussion of the 'Ours Polaire' furniture.
Jean Royère first conceived the 'Ours Polaire' sofa - also called 'Banane' or 'Boule' - for the redecoration of his mother's apartment in the rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré in Paris in 1947. Later the same year, he included it in the exhibition Une résidence française. Although concealed beneath the sofa's curvaceous, soft exterior, its underlying wooden structure is assembled according to traditional furniture makeing techniques. It was the fabric Royère selected for the sofa, a furry velours from Italy, which led to the sofa being christened after it's long-haired namesake, the Polar bear.