'BOULE', AN UPHOLSTERED 3-PIECE SALON SUITE
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'BOULE', AN UPHOLSTERED 3-PIECE SALON SUITE

DESIGNED BY JEAN ROYÈRE, CIRCA 1951

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'BOULE', AN UPHOLSTERED 3-PIECE SALON SUITE
DESIGNED BY JEAN ROYèRE, CIRCA 1951
UPHOLSTERED IN CREAM SLUB
28½IN. (72.5CM.) APPROXIMATE HEIGHT OF CHAIRS; 27IN. (68.5CM.) APPROXIMATE HEIGHT OF SOFA; 90IN. (228CM.) APPROXIMATE WIDTH OF SOFA (3)
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

CF: JEAN ROYèRE, JANSEN EXHIBITION CATALOGUE, PARIS, 1985, PL. 29 SEE ALSO: JEAN ROYèRE. DéCORATEUR à PARIS, EXHIBITION CATALOGUE, PARIS, 1999, PP. 9-10

THE PRESENT LOT FORMED PART OF THE DECOR CREATED FOR AN APARTMENT IN CANNES OWNED BY THE FAMILY OF THE CURRENT VENDOR. THE DECORATOR OF THE FLAT ALSO CHOSE OTHER ROYèRE DESIGNS INCLUDING A MARQUETERIE-DE-PAILLE TABLE (VISIBLE IN THE CONTEMPORARY FAMILY PHOTOGRAPH ILLUSTRATED OPPOSITE). THE SUITE WAS ORIGINALLY UPHOLSTERED IN WHITE SYNTHETIC FUR BUT WAS RE-UPHOLSTERED IN 1980.

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