Details
A marquetry and painted panel from the sitting room of the First Class Deluxe Suite "Beauvais" on board the S.S. Ile de France
Attributed to Marc Simon; circa 1927
inlaid in geometric and floral designs, with rays (of sunlight) eminating from the center to the four corners and the top, threading through a field of peiones, asters, chrysanthemums, hydrangia and other abstract flowers, the veneers of ash, satinwood, maple, sycamore and rosewood and colored in red, green, orange, browns and yellows; over a background of poppies. With an inset fabric panel in the middle.
46 x 78¾ in. (116.8 x 200 cm.)