A STOOL, CIRCA 1950

Details

JEAN ROYERE (1902-1981)
A STOOL, CIRCA 1950
painted steel rod, skaï, long-pile wool
22 in. (55.8 cm.) high, 17 ½ in. (44.3 cm.) diameter

Provenance

Acquired from Fifty/50 Gallery, New York, in 1981.

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Lot Essay

Walter’s 1981 notes record the acquisition of this stool as ‘Stool, Jean Royere, French, 1930s (from his own house) with pony fur seat, Fifty/50, $300’. A related high barstool version of this form is recorded in a contemporary image of the designer’s apartment.

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