Lot 201
201
A group of wool and lace curtains, comprising three plain curtain panels--92in. (233.8cm.) long x 60in. (152.5cm.) wide; three filet lace curtain panels, worked with pine needle motifs--105in. (266.6cm.) long x 112in. (284cm.) wide; a valance; a filet lace table runner with a grape motif and another runner with a rose motif--each 6in. (167.6cm.) long x 23in. (58.5cm.) wide, circa 1920, Helene Henry, for a Private Commission by Pierre Chareau, 1921-1923
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A group of wool and lace curtains, comprising three plain curtain panels--92in. (233.8cm.) long x 60in. (152.5cm.) wide; three filet lace curtain panels, worked with pine needle motifs--105in. (266.6cm.) long x 112in. (284cm.) wide; a valance; a filet lace table runner with a grape motif and another runner with a rose motif--each 6in. (167.6cm.) long x 23in. (58.5cm.) wide, circa 1920, Helene Henry, for a Private Commission by Pierre Chareau, 1921-1923

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A group of wool and lace curtains, comprising three plain curtain panels--92in. (233.8cm.) long x 60in. (152.5cm.) wide; three filet lace curtain panels, worked with pine needle motifs--105in. (266.6cm.) long x 112in. (284cm.) wide; a valance; a filet lace table runner with a grape motif and another runner with a rose motif--each 6in. (167.6cm.) long x 23in. (58.5cm.) wide, circa 1920, Helene Henry, for a Private Commission by Pierre Chareau, 1921-1923
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Provenance
The curtains were commissioned by Pierre Chareau from Helene Henry, a close artist friend, a leading curtain maker of the Art Deco period and a member of the Union des Artistes Modernes (UAM), Paris
Literature
See Pierre Chareau, Marc Vellay and Kenneth Frampton, 1984, page 20 for a period photograph depicting UAM members at a luncheon, which included Madame Henry, on 4 February 1932
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

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