ARMAND ALBERT RATEAU (1881-1938)

A SET OF FOUR 'PALMES' TABLE LEGS, CIRCA 1934-1937

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ARMAND ALBERT RATEAU (1881-1938)
A SET OF FOUR 'PALMES' TABLE LEGS, CIRCA 1934-1937
green-patinated bronze lost wax cast by Valsuani, with associated marble top of recent manufacture
24¾ in. (70.5 cm.) high, 47¼ in. (120 cm.) wide, 15½ in. (39.4 cm.) deep
each leg stamped A.A. Rateau Modelé Déposé Paris and cire C. Valsuani Perdue Bronze

Further details

As confirmed by recent examination of the Valsuani company archives, a collaboration between Rateau and this foundry is recorded as being active between 1934-1937. These records document two orders for bronze legs; 28 March 1935 for eight legs, and a subsequent order, 3 April 1936, for twelve legs. Please refer to the note on the previous lot for a detailed description of Rateau's collaboration with Valsuani. Stylized foliate legs matching this design are present on a dressing table created by Rateau for the Comtesse de Beaurepaire's townhouse, where they support a rectangular top with demi-lune cut-out to the leading edge.

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Lot Essay

cf. F. Olivier-Vial, F. Rateau, Armand Albert Rateau, Paris, 1992, p. 218 for contemporary illustration of the dressing room of the Comtesse de Beaurepaire, 1934, showing a desk with curved front, fitted with similar palm legs, and p. 219 for a drawing of a low table with similar legs, and also an illustration of similar table fitted with bronze palm legs of this design.

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