Lot Essay
cf. Leopold Diego Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, 1997, p. 47 for an illustration of this model in wicker.
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JEAN-MICHEL FRANK, MANUFACTURED BY CHANAUX & CO., CIRCA 1930
Details
A PARCHMENT COVERED WASTE PAPER BASKET
Jean-Michel Frank, manufactured by Chanaux & Co., circa 1930
11¾in. (30cm.) high, 11in. (28cm.) wide, 11in. (28cm.) deep
stamped CHANAUX & Co 10620 and JM FRANK MADE IN FRANCE
Jean-Michel Frank, manufactured by Chanaux & Co., circa 1930
11¾in. (30cm.) high, 11in. (28cm.) wide, 11in. (28cm.) deep
stamped CHANAUX & Co 10620 and JM FRANK MADE IN FRANCE
Provenance
Mrs. Kersey Coates Reed
Literature
Stephen M. Salny, "Historic Interiors: Frances Elkins, A Surviving Example of The Noted Designer's Work" in Architectural Digest, July/August, 1980, p. 90.
Martha Thorne, ed., David Adler, Architect: The Elements of Style, 2002, p. 41.
Stephen M. Salny, The Country Houses of David Adler, 2001, p. 133. Each above reference shows the gentlemen's cloakroom of the Mrs. Kersey Coates Reed House, Lake Forest, Illinois, 1978, (reproduced with lot 56) showing the present lot, lot 56 and lot 57 in situ.
Martha Thorne, ed., David Adler, Architect: The Elements of Style, 2002, p. 41.
Stephen M. Salny, The Country Houses of David Adler, 2001, p. 133. Each above reference shows the gentlemen's cloakroom of the Mrs. Kersey Coates Reed House, Lake Forest, Illinois, 1978, (reproduced with lot 56) showing the present lot, lot 56 and lot 57 in situ.