JEAN ROYÈRE, CIRCA 1948

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'PLAQUE D'EAU', A MARQUETERIE-DE-PAILLE LOW TABLE
Jean Royère, circa 1948
decorated with straw stars in gold and brown
9¾in. (24.8cm.) high, 49¼in. (125.1cm.) long, 25¾in. (65.4cm.) wide

Lot Essay

cf. Bruno Foucart and Jean-Louis Gaillemin, Les Décorateurs des années 40, 1998, p. 259 for an illustration of the model and Musée des Arts décoratifs, Jean Royère décorateur à Paris (exh. cat.), 1999, p. 63 for an in situ view of the model in the salon of a villa in Saint Nazare, France, 1953-1954 and p. 122 for the depiction of the model in a project for a sitting room, 1950-1955. See also Galerie Jacques Lacoste, Jean Royère (exh. cat.), 1999, p. 59 for an illustration of the table in a bedroom setting at the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs, 1954.

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