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    • JEAN ROYERE (1902-1981)
    Lot 241

    JEAN ROYERE (1902-1981)

    A SET OF THREE GILT-IRON AND MIRRORED GLASS NESTING TABLES, CIRCA 1945

    Price realised

    USD 30,000

    Estimate

    USD 25,000 - USD 35,000

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    JEAN ROYERE (1902-1981)
    A Set of Three Gilt-Iron and Mirrored Glass Nesting Tables, circa 1945
    largest: 16½ in. (42 cm.) high, 21 3/8 in. (54.3 cm.) wide, 11¾ in. (30 cm.) deep (3)

    Provenance

    With Hemisphere Gallery, London.

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    Lot Essay

    cf. C. and S. de Beyrie and J. Ouaiss, Jean Royère, 2000, p. 42 for an illustration of this model.
    P.-E. Martin-Vivier, Jean Royère, 2002, Paris, p. 141 for an illustration of this model.

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    Pre-Lot Text

    Lots 241-263 are from a Private Atlanta Collection.

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