Lot 432
432
A PAIR OF FRENCH MAHOGANY AND PARCEL-GILT ETAGERES
THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTION (LOTS 431-433)
A PAIR OF FRENCH MAHOGANY AND PARCEL-GILT ETAGERES

BY COMTE, S.A., MID-20TH CENTURY

Details
A PAIR OF FRENCH MAHOGANY AND PARCEL-GILT ETAGERES
BY COMTE, S.A., MID-20TH CENTURY
Each with three-quarter gallery with outset front corners, on fluted taperings legs joined by X-form support and a shelf, each with stamp 6264, one with paper label printed and typed COMTE S.A. N 251-3245 F 21486 $650, THE OTHER WITH BRASS PLAQUE COMTE S.A. BUENOS AIRES OBRA PRESUPUESTO TAREA SECCION INDUSTRIAL
29½ in. (75 cm.) high, 23¾ in. (60.5 cm.) wide, 14 in. (45.5 cm.) deep (2)
Provenance
Acquired from Carlton Hobbs, New York, 2002.

Lot Essay

Comte S.A., of Buenos Aires, Argentina, signed an exclusive manufacturing agreement for Jean-Michel Frank's designs in Argentina in 1936 but also produced pieces of its own design in French and English styles that were popular with wealthy Argentines. Comte S.A. labels were affixed to furniture from 1942 until the 1960s.

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