A rare carved pearwood and leather side chair

DESIGNED BY HECTOR GUIMARD, CIRCA 1902

Details

A rare carved pearwood and leather side chair
Designed by Hector Guimard, circa 1902
Tall back with bowed triangular padded leather panel in front and behind, the whole finely carved with organic lines and motifs, the front apron similarly carved, the seat and back with original leather, tooled with complementary design
42.3/8in. (107.5cm.) high

Provenance

Private European collection.

Lot Essay

A chair from the same commission, with identical tooled leather seat and back is in the permanent collection of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, the gift of M. Léon Raffin in 1906.
Cf: Mannoni and Bizot, p. 52.
Buffet-Challie, p. 56, no.2.

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