EUGENE PRINTZ (1889-1948)

A DINING TABLE AND SIX ARMCHAIRS, 1930s

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EUGENE PRINTZ (1889-1948)
A DINING TABLE AND SIX ARMCHAIRS, 1930s
table: walnut, oxidized brass, with three extension leaves;
chairs: walnut, re-upholstered in horsehair
table: 28 5/8 in. (72.7 cm.) high, 51 in. (129.5 cm.) wide, 37 3/8 in. (95 cm.) deep (without extension leaves)
each chair: 37 3/8 in. (95 cm.) high
each chair impressed E.PRINTZ

Provenance

Galerie Vallois, Paris, 1990.

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Lot Essay

cf. B. Champigneulle, 'Entretien avec Eugène Printz', Mobilier et Décoration, 1936, pp. 161-162 for another example of this design with oxidized brass;
G. Bujon, J.-J. Dutko, E.Printz, Paris, 1986, pp. 208, 222, 223 for watercolor renderings of chairs of this model, p. 286 for chairs of this model; p. 201 for another example of this dining table with an oxidized brass top exhibited at the 1928 Salon des Artistes Décorateurs, Paris.

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