Lot 113
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A PEARWOOD BIBLIOTHEQUE

BY ROBERT MALLET-STEVENS FOR THE VILLA OF M. CAVROIX, CROIX, FRANCE, CIRCA 1932

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A PEARWOOD BIBLIOTHEQUE
by robert mallet-stevens for the villa of m. cavroix, croix, france, circa 1932
Of rectangular form, fitted with two mirrored doors above two smaller plain doors with metal handles, opening to reveal shelves
86¾in. (220.4cm.) high, 48¾in. (123.8cm.) wide, 17in. (43.2cm.) deep

Lot Essay

cf. Dominique Deshoulières et al., Rob Mallet-Stevens Architecte, Editions des Archives d'Architecture Moderne, Brussels, pp. 323-336, and Jean-Francois Pinchon, ed., Rob. Mallet Stevens, The MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1990, pp. 40-45 and p. 118, for a discussion of the Cavroix commission and its interiors.