PAUL FOLLOT FOR POMONE, CIRCA 1923

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AN INLAID ROSEWOOD DESK AND ARMCHAIR
Paul Follot for Pomone, Circa 1923
The kneehole desk with cut-cornered rectangular top fitted with a dusty rose leather inset and edged with an inlaid acorn pattern, above a central drawer flanked by two cabinets and inlaid with a geometric motif, on pyramidal feet; with conforming armchair, upholstered in cream colored leather
the desk 30in. (76.2cm.) high, 68½in. (174cm.) wide, 33½in. (85cm.) deep; the chair 34½in. (87cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

cf. Alastair Duncan, Art Deco Furniture, 1984, pl. 74 for an illustration of a comparable desk; Also see Art et Decoration, Revue Mensuelle D'Art Moderne, Vol. XLIII, January-June 1923, p.167, for a photograph of the desk in a Follot designed room setting at "Le XIV Salon des Artistes dècorateurs."

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