Sale 3406
New York
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9 December 2014
Price realised
USD 11,875
Estimate
PIERRE PATOUT (1879-1965) A PAIR OF ARMCHAIRS, 1934 for the First Class Dining Room of Normandie, mahogany, brass, upholstery each 34 ½ in. (87.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Christie's, New York, 14 December 1991, lot 258.
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cf. W.H. Miller, Jr., The Great Luxury Liners 1927-1954, New York, 1981, p. 52 for an in situ photograph of chairs of this model; J. Maxtone-Graham, Normandie, New York, 2007, pp. 74, 80 and 86.
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