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Four-Light Flush Mount Ceiling Light, circa 1937

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A. MARCHAND, INC.
Four-Light Flush Mount Ceiling Light, circa 1937
glass, mirrored glass, metal
12 ¾ x 23 5⁄8 x 11 in. (32.5 x 60 x 28 cm)
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. James D. Zellerbach, Pacific Heights, San Francisco, circa 1937, commissioned from Frances Elkins (Mrs. Zellerbach's Bathroom)
Norah and Norman Stone, Pacific Heights, San Francisco, 1994
Acquired from the above by the present owner, Pacific Heights, San Francisco, 2022
Literature
J. Chatfield-Taylor, “An Elkins Revival: Classic Lines and Contemporary Art in San Francisco,” Architectural Digest, New York, special issue, vol. 53, no. 2, February 1996, pp. 144-151 (for a discussion of the interior)
S. M. Salny, Frances Elkins: Interior Design, New York, 2005, pp. 108-123 (for a discussion of the commission)
P.-E. Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, l'étrange luxe du rien, Paris, 2006, p. 254 (for a discussion of the commission)
P. E. Meza, Inventing the California Look, New York, 2022, pp. 226-229 (for a discussion of the commission)
S. Powell, Frances Elkins: Visionary American Designer, New York, 2023, pp. 137 (for the model in the guest bathroom of Mrs. Kersey Coates Reed, Lake Forest, Illinois) 174-179 (for a discussion of the commission)
Further details
In Situ Images: Photography by Flying Studio

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