ARMAND ALBERT RATEAU, CIRCA 1919-1920

cf. Franck Olivier and Franois Rateau, Armand Albert Rateau, 1992, pp. 6 and 54 for illustrations of the model no. 1793 armchair and p. 55 for a period photograph of the Blumenthal's indoor swimming pool, illustrating three armchairs; Derek Ostergard, Art Deco Masterpieces, 1991, p. 71 for an illustration of the 'Blumenthal' armchair; The Delorenzo Gallery, AA Rateau, (exh. cat.), 1990, p. 56 for an illustration of a detail of the model and for a period photograph of the armchair with eleven rows of fish on the back of the seat, p. 57 for an illustration of a pair of the 'Blumenthal' armchairs, pp. 54-55 for another period photograph of the Blumenthal's pool, showing two armchairs and p. 58 for a period photograph of a view of Mme. Rateau's bedroom in the family's Paris home, depicting an example of the armchair with a dressing table; Pierre Kjellberg, Art Deco, Les Maitres du Mobilier, p. 141 for an illustration of the armchair model. See also The Delorenzo Gallery, A.A. Rateau (exh. cat.), 1990, p. 61 and Alastair Duncan, Art Deco Furniture, 1984, fig. 197 for a period photograph of the model no. 1793 armchair exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1926.