POSSIBLY FRENCH, MID-20TH CENTURY

These glamorous panels - so redolent of the interiors of the 1930's and 1940's - are reputedly from the collection of Helena Rubinstein. Rubinstein, who founded the eponymous cosmetics firm, was one of the wealthiest women in the first half of the 20th century and a great arbiter of style and taste. She had a long relationship with the equally revered decorating firm of Maison Jansen - who designed interiors for both Rubinstein's Paris apartment and the Moulin de Breuil in Combs-la-Ville outside of Paris (see S. Slesin, Over the Top: Helena Rubinstein Beauty, Art, Fashion, Design, New York, 2003, pp. 116-117).