A PAIR OF UPHOLSTERED SIDE CHAIRS, designed by Jean Rothschild, the needlepoint tapestry designed by Gaudissart for the Grand Salon of the S.S."Normandie", circa 1934, the padded back and tub shaped seat in a molded gilt-wood frame, on short pyramidal splayed legs, upholstered in a dusty rose floral Aubusson style tapestry, worked in shades of green, yellow, cream and mauve--32in. (81cm.) high, 28in. (71cm) wide, 34in. (86.5cm.) deep (2)

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A PAIR OF UPHOLSTERED SIDE CHAIRS, designed by Jean Rothschild, the needlepoint tapestry designed by Gaudissart for the Grand Salon of the S.S."Normandie", circa 1934, the padded back and tub shaped seat in a molded gilt-wood frame, on short pyramidal splayed legs, upholstered in a dusty rose floral Aubusson style tapestry, worked in shades of green, yellow, cream and mauve--32in. (81cm.) high, 28in. (71cm) wide, 34in. (86.5cm.) deep (2)

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cf. Bruno Foucart, et al, Normandie Queen of the Seas, Vendome Press, New York, 1985, pp. 70-71 for illustrations of this model used in the Grand Salon
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