A PAIR OF MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIRS

FROM THE FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM OF THE OCEAN LINER 'NORMANDIE', CIRCA 1934

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A PAIR OF MAHOGANY OPEN ARMCHAIRS
From the First Class Dining Room of the Ocean Liner 'Normandie', Circa 1934
The cantilevered seat with fluted skirt, on four curved legs with brass sabots, the rolled seat backs also with fluting, with original upholstery, one chair stamped NEVEU
34in. (87.6cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

cf. Louis-Ren Vian, Arts Dcoratifs Bord des Paquebots Franais, 1994, pp. 213, 216, 217, 224-226 for illustrations of this model in use in the First Class Dining Room of the S.S. 'Normandie', and 218 for an illustration of this model; Bruno Foucart, et al., Normandie: Queen of the Seas, 1985, p. 95.

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