A GROUP OF WOOL CURTAINS

HELENE HENRY, DESIGNER, FOR A PRIVATE COMMISSION BY PIERRE CHAREAU, 1921-1923

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A GROUP OF WOOL CURTAINS
Helene Henry, designer, for a Private Commission by Pierre Chareau, 1921-1923
Comprising: three plain curtain panels, three openwork embroidered curtain panels with a pineneedle motif, a valance, an openwork embroidered table runner with a grape motif and another runner with a rose motif
plain panels 92in. (233.8cm.) long, 60in. (152.5cm.) wide; one pineneedle panel 105in. (266.6cm.) long, 112in. (284cm.) wide; two measuring 73in. (185.5cm.) long, 31in. (78.8cm.) wide; table runners 66in. (167.6cm.) long, 23in. (58.5cm.) wide (5)

Lot Essay

The above curtains were commissioned by Chareau from Hlne Henry, a close artist friend, a leading curtain maker of the Art Deco period and a member of the Union des Artistes Modernes (UAM), Paris. Chareau, himself, designed the wrought-iron curtain rods.

See Marc Vellay and Kenneth Frampton, Pierre Chareau, 1984, p. 20 for a period photograph which depicts UAM members at a luncheon, which included Madame Henry, on 4 February 1932. Chareau was amongst the founders of UAM, a group of designers and artists who severed ties with the Socit des Artistes Dcorateurs in 1929 to form the UAM.