A GILT-BRONZE PLAQUE, designed by Adalbert Szabo for the First Class Dining Room of the S.S. "Normandie", circa 1934, the square frame applied with a square panel cast with an ear of wheat against a foliate ground, the reverse with a plain panel--19½in. (49.5cm.) square
Details
A GILT-BRONZE PLAQUE, designed by Adalbert Szabo for the First Class Dining Room of the S.S. "Normandie", circa 1934, the square frame applied with a square panel cast with an ear of wheat against a foliate ground, the reverse with a plain panel--19½in. (49.5cm.) square
Provenance
Ocean Liner Furnishings & Memorabilia, Christie's East, November 15, 1995, lot 161
Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral, Brooklyn, New York
Lot Essay
cf.Louis-René Vian, Art Décoratifs Á Bord Des Paquebots Francais, Éditions Fonmare, Paris, 1994, p.212 for an illustration of this model in situ