A CANED GILT-WOOD ARMCHAIR, 1920S

Details

ARMAND-ALBERT RATEAU (1882-1938)
A Caned Gilt-Wood Armchair, 1920s
model no. 1188
29¼ in. (74.3 cm.) high
stamped AA Rateau

Provenance

Christie's, New York, 11 June 1998, lot 72.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

cf. H. Guéné, Décoration et Haute Couture. Armand Albert Rateau pour Jeanne Lanvin, un Autre Art Déco, Paris 2006, p. 91 for an example of this armchair carved with a variant decoration at the knee and for a contemporary photograph of the dining room at Jeanne Lanvin's house showing several chairs of this model.

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