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JEAN-MICHEL FRANK (1895-1941)
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JEAN-MICHEL FRANK (1895-1941)

A LEATHER AND PATINATED WROUGHT-IRON CHAIR, 1925-1930

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JEAN-MICHEL FRANK (1895-1941) A Leather and Patinated Wrought-Iron Chair, 1925-1930 leather by Hermès 33½ in. (85 cm.) high leather marked twice MADE IN FRANCE, frame marked three times MADE IN FRANCE

Lot Essay

By repute, this chair was part of the apartment Jean-Michel Frank decorated for Mr. Templeton-Crocker in San Francisco in 1927, arguably his most important commission in the United States.

cf. L.D. Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank, Paris, 1997, p. 116, pp. 220-221 for illustrations of a settee and armchairs of this model.

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