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Lot Essay
Ce rare mobilier de chambre à coucher illustre parfaitement l’esthétique et les recherches de Pierre Chareau au tournant des années 1920. Si l’ensemble présente déjà les prémices d’un modernisme qui ne fera que s’accentuer au cours de la carrière de Chareau, les lignes s’inscrivent néanmoins dans des références plus classiques, dont l’influence est encore renforcée par les associations de bois précieux. Le lit (lot 84), en loupe d’amboine rehaussée de filets de sycomore teinté, est du même modèle que celui que Chareau conçoit en 1919 pour l’appartement du boulevard Saint Germain, dans lequel s’installe le jeune couple Annie et Jean Dalsace, et qu’il expose lors de sa première participation au Salon d’Automne en octobre de la même année. Le travail de Chareau est remarqué dès cette première manifestation, et cet ensemble (lots 82, 83 et 84) est sans doute conçu dans le contexte d’une commande, dans la foulée des expositions auxquelles Chareau participe entre 1919 et 1921. Le vocabulaire ornemental, minimal, de la psyché (lot 83) rappelle d’ailleurs celui de la coiffeuse de boudoir que Chareau présente au Salon d’Automne de 1921. Les tables de chevet (lot 82) se retrouvent également dans l’aménagement, très abouti, que Chareau réalise pour Jacqueline et Philippe Etlin, rue de Messine, en 1920.
This rare bedroom suite epitomises Pierre Chareau’s aesthetic at the turn of the 1920s. Although the pieces already show the onset of a modernism that would become more pronounced as Chareau’s career progressed, the lines are nevertheless in keeping with more classical references, whose influences are reinforced by the use of precious woods. The bed (lot 84), in burr amboyna with stained sycamore inlays, is similar to the one Chareau designed in 1919 for the Boulevard Saint Germain apartment of Annie and Jean Dalsace, which he exhibited at his first Salon d’Automne in October of that year. Chareau’s work was praised at this first Salon and the present group (lots 82, 83 and 84) was undoubtedly commissioned following the exhibitions in which Chareau participated between 1919 and 1921. The minimalist ornamentation of the psyché (lot 83) recalls the dressing table Chareau presented at the 1921 Salon d’Automne. The bedside tables (lot 82) can also be found in the highly refined interior Chareau designed for Jacqueline and Philippe Etlin in the rue de Messine in 1920.
This rare bedroom suite epitomises Pierre Chareau’s aesthetic at the turn of the 1920s. Although the pieces already show the onset of a modernism that would become more pronounced as Chareau’s career progressed, the lines are nevertheless in keeping with more classical references, whose influences are reinforced by the use of precious woods. The bed (lot 84), in burr amboyna with stained sycamore inlays, is similar to the one Chareau designed in 1919 for the Boulevard Saint Germain apartment of Annie and Jean Dalsace, which he exhibited at his first Salon d’Automne in October of that year. Chareau’s work was praised at this first Salon and the present group (lots 82, 83 and 84) was undoubtedly commissioned following the exhibitions in which Chareau participated between 1919 and 1921. The minimalist ornamentation of the psyché (lot 83) recalls the dressing table Chareau presented at the 1921 Salon d’Automne. The bedside tables (lot 82) can also be found in the highly refined interior Chareau designed for Jacqueline and Philippe Etlin in the rue de Messine in 1920.