Pair of 'Butterfly' Sconces, circa 1928

Details

ARMAND ALBERT RATEAU (1882-1938)
Pair of 'Butterfly' Sconces, circa 1928
executed by Baguès, Paris
patinated bronze
8 5⁄8 x 9 7⁄8 x 5 7⁄8 in. (22 x 25 x 15 cm)
each impressed A. A. RATEAU INVR. twice

Provenance

Dubonnet, Neuilly-sur-Seine, commissioned in 1928
Artcurial, Paris, 27 November 2018, lot 65
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Y. Brunhammer, 1925, Paris, 1976, p. 204
V. Arwas, Art Deco, New York, 1980, p. 82
Y. Brunhammer, Le style 1925, Paris, 1987, p. 41, no. 5
J.-P. Bouillon, Art Deco 1903-1940, Geneva, 1989, p. 123
F. Olivier-Vial and F. Rateau, Armand Albert Rateau: Un baroque chez les modernes, Paris, 1992, pp. 21, 23, 32 and 33
H. Guéné, Décoration et Haute couture. Armand Albert Rateau pour Jeanne Lanvin, un autre Art déco, Paris, 2006, p. 125 (for Jeanne Lanvin's example)

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Lot Essay

The present lot was designed for the powder room of the Dubonnet residence in Neuilly-sur-Seine, decorated by Armand Albert Rateau circa 1928.

A similar pair is exhibited in the reconstitution of Jeanne Lanvin's bathroom in the collection of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris (inv. 39 944 A and 39 944 B).

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