A PAIR OF 'RODO' ARMCHAIRS, 1939

Details

PAUL RODOCANACHI (1891-1958) FOR JEAN-MICHEL FRANK (1895-1941)
A PAIR OF 'RODO' ARMCHAIRS, 1939
oak, original leather upholstery by Hermès
each 32 ¾ in. (83 cm.) high
each stamped J.M. Frank Chanaux & Co. Made in France 20006, leather stamped Hermès Paris JMF 173 and 174, respectively

Literature

L.D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1997, pp. 158-159;
P.-E. Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank: The Strange and Subtle Luxury of the Parisian Haute-Monde in the Art Deco Period, New York, 2008, pp. 190-191 for these chairs illustrated.

Lot Essay

cf. L.D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1997, pp. 21, 169, and 222;
P.-E. Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank: The Strange and Subtle Luxury of the Parisian Haute-Monde in the Art Deco Period, New York, 2008, pp. 155, 218, and 255.

This lot will be sold with a certificate of authenticity from the Jean-Michel Frank Committee.

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