A PAIR OF PARCEL-GILT AND PATINATED WROUGHT-IRON CHENETS, CIRCA 1940

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GILBERT POILLERAT (1902-1988)
A Pair of Parcel-Gilt and Patinated Wrought-Iron Chenets, circa 1940
16 in. (40.7 cm.) high, 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm.) wide, 23¾ in. (60.3 cm.) deep (2)

Provenance

with Barry Friedman, New York.

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Lot Essay

cf. G. Poillerat, Ferronnerie d'Aujourd'Hui, Paris, 1950, pl. 32 for an illustration of another pair of andirons of this model.

F. Baudot, Gilbert Poillerat, Paris, 1992, p. 228 for another example of this model.

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