AN ORANGE LACQUERED WOOD GAMES TABLE

JEAN DUNAND FOR THE GRAND SALON OF THE OCEAN LINER 'NORMANDIE', CIRCA 1934

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AN ORANGE LACQUERED WOOD GAMES TABLE
Jean Dunand for the Grand Salon of the Ocean Liner 'Normandie', Circa 1934
The square top inset with a reversible panel decorated with a games board, opposed by a gray baize lined surface, on slightly splayed square tapered legs with capped feet
28in. (72.4cm.) high, 28in. (72cm.) square

Lot Essay

cf. Flix Marcilhac, Jean Dunand His Life and Works, 1991, pp. 316-319 for illustrations and listings of the designer's models for the S.S. 'Normandie' and an illustration of this model no. 1119; Louis-Ren Vian, Art Bord Des Paquebots Franais, 1994, pp. 196, 197 for a discussion on the Grand Salon and an illustration of this model in use in situ.

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