A DESK, CIRCA 1930

Details

ARMAND ALBERT RATEAU (1882-1938)
A DESK, CIRCA 1930
silver leaf decorated wood, with painted details
28½ in. (72.4 cm.) high, 47¼ in. (120 cm.) wide, 23¾ in. (60.3 cm.) deep

Provenance

Madame Libert, rue de Monceau, Paris;
Sotheby's, Monaco, 25 June 1981, lot 220.

Lot Essay

cf. F. Olivier-Vial, F. Rateau, Armand Albert Rateau, Paris, 1992, pp. 190-191 for a desk of this model in Madame Rateau's personal study.

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