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AN ORANGE LACQUER GAMES TABLE, designed by Jean Dunand for the Grand Salon of the S.S. "Normandie", circa 1934, the square top inset with a reversible panel decorated with a games board, opposed by a gray baize lined surface, on square tapering slightly splayed legs with capped feet--28½in. (72.3cm.) high, 28¼in. (72cm.) square
cf. Félix Marcilhac, Jean Dunand His Life and Works, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1991, pp. 316-319 for illustrations and listings of the designer's models for the the S.S. "Normandie" and an illustration of this model no. 1119, Louis-René Vian, Art Á Bord Des Paquebots Français, Éditions Fonmare, Paris, 1994, pp. 196, 197 for a discussion on the Grand Salon and an illustration of this model in use in situ
cf. Félix Marcilhac, Jean Dunand His Life and Works, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1991, pp. 316-319 for illustrations and listings of the designer's models for the the S.S. "Normandie" and an illustration of this model no. 1119, Louis-René Vian, Art Á Bord Des Paquebots Français, Éditions Fonmare, Paris, 1994, pp. 196, 197 for a discussion on the Grand Salon and an illustration of this model in use in situ