a modernist bur walnut and metal dining-room table and six chairs

DESIGNED BY MICHEL DUFET FOR LE SYLVE IN CIRCA 1931 AND RETAILED BY LE BÛCHERON

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a modernist bur walnut and metal dining-room table and six chairs
Designed by Michel Dufet for Le Sylve in circa 1931 and retailed by Le Bûcheron
The rectangular extending table top above plain frieze and on four chromium-plated metal legs of T-section, the chairs with curved circular backrest and flaring rectangular padded seat upholstered in burgundy plastic material
Table: 76.5cm. high x 113cm. wide x 171cm. long (7)

Literature

For comparison see:
Florence Camard, Michel Dufet, Architect & Decorateur, Les éditeurs de l'amateur, Paris, 1988, pp. 124-126 and pp. 142-147 for an explanation and for an illustration of the complete dining-room suite with the table and chairs in situ

Lot Essay

The complete suite was produced en série by Le Bûcheron and was presented at the Salon d'Automne in Paris in 1931. Michel Dufet was awarded a Plaquette dorée de la Société d'encouragement á l'Art et l'Industrie at the time

The sideboard belonging to the suite was sold in these rooms on 19 May 1998

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