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ENFILADE, 1930-1931
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EUGENE PRINTZ (1889-1948) ET JEAN DUNAND (1877-1942)
ENFILADE, 1930-1931
En placage de kekwood et palmier, ouvrant en façade par quatre portes en laiton patiné au feu et argent, les deux portes latérales légèrement incurvées suivant le dessin du meuble, l'ensemble à décor géométrique, l'intérieur plaqué de bois de rose, chaque partie aménagée de trois étagères ; reposant sur une plinthe en léger retrait
Hauteur : 125 cm. (49¼ in.) ; Longueur : 160 cm. (63 in.) ; Profondeur : 30,5 cm. (12 in.)
Estampillée EP au bas du montant avant droit
ENFILADE, 1930-1931
En placage de kekwood et palmier, ouvrant en façade par quatre portes en laiton patiné au feu et argent, les deux portes latérales légèrement incurvées suivant le dessin du meuble, l'ensemble à décor géométrique, l'intérieur plaqué de bois de rose, chaque partie aménagée de trois étagères ; reposant sur une plinthe en léger retrait
Hauteur : 125 cm. (49¼ in.) ; Longueur : 160 cm. (63 in.) ; Profondeur : 30,5 cm. (12 in.)
Estampillée EP au bas du montant avant droit
Provenance
Ancienne Collection de la Princesse Elisabeth de la Tour d'Auvergne, Château de Grosbois.
Vente Sotheby's Monaco, 10 février 1981, une section consacrée au Mobilier provenant de la chambre à coucher et du boudoir créés en 1930 par Eugène Printz pour la Princesse de La Tour d'Auvergne , lot 1464.
Galerie Jean-Jacques Dutko, Paris.
Collection privée parisienne.
Vente Sotheby's Monaco, 10 février 1981, une section consacrée au Mobilier provenant de la chambre à coucher et du boudoir créés en 1930 par Eugène Printz pour la Princesse de La Tour d'Auvergne , lot 1464.
Galerie Jean-Jacques Dutko, Paris.
Collection privée parisienne.
Literature
René Chavance, Eugène Printz, Mobilier et Décoration, 1931, p. 50.
Guy Bujon et Jean-Jacques Dutko, Printz, éditions du regard, Paris, 1986, p.112.
Félix Marcilhac, Jean Dunand, Vie et oeuvre, les éditions de l'amateur, Paris, 1991, p. 260, n. 542.
Guy Bujon et Jean-Jacques Dutko, Printz, éditions du regard, Paris, 1986, p.112.
Félix Marcilhac, Jean Dunand, Vie et oeuvre, les éditions de l'amateur, Paris, 1991, p. 260, n. 542.
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Further details
A KEKWOOD, PALWOOD VENEERED AND SILVER FLAMED PATINATED SIDEBOARD, BY EUGENE PRINTZ AND JEAN DUNAND, 1930-1931
The real collaboration between Printz and Dunand took place in 1928, when they exhibited at the Salon d'Automne their first common work: a sideboard of rectangular shape, in palmwood veneered, with four metal doors showing a silver flamed geometrical decoration by Jean Dunand, that attracted real attention from the critics. From that moment their collaboration became regular and lasted till Dunand's death in 1942. The harmony of their works is almost tangible, Dunand's decor enhancing the architectonic quality of Printz's designs; offering Dunand the opportunity to share and adapt his tremendous skills as a lacquer and dinandier.
In 1929 Princess Marguerite of Wagram commissioned Printz a complete dining room. Exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs the same year, its main piece was a magnificent sideboard, of pure rectangular shape, with fourteen metal doors and geometrical silver flamed decoration by Dunand. This commission revealed to be vital for Printz's career, as it lead to his most important work.
The princess introduced him to her sister, Princess Elisabeth de La Tour d'Auvergne who was refurbishing her château at Grosbois, near Paris. She commissioned Printz to decorate several rooms: the entrance, the grand and petit salons, her boudoir, her bedroom. Several elements of this undertaking were exhibited with tremendous success at the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs in 1930 and 1931.
The present sideboard was part of this prestigious commission, for which Printz asked Dunand to decorate a few more elements: the eight metal doors of a cabinet set in one of the grand salon's walls, showing a silver flamed geometrical decoration echoing the sideboard ones, the legs of a few small side tables as well as the doors of a cabinet in the princess's bedroom.
Interested in the relation between architecture, space and design, Printz was fortunate enough to concieve his furniture for specific environments. Thinking immediately in terms of balance and harmony, combining a real sense of modernity, elegance and a strong personal style, Printz's sophistication met the criteria of the wealthy society of the time.
Sold in 1962 to the Société Hippique by the princess's heirs, the chateau no longer shows remaining trace of Printz's furniture or decoration. A great deal of the furniture sold at auction at Sotheby's Monaco in 1981, including this major piece
The real collaboration between Printz and Dunand took place in 1928, when they exhibited at the Salon d'Automne their first common work: a sideboard of rectangular shape, in palmwood veneered, with four metal doors showing a silver flamed geometrical decoration by Jean Dunand, that attracted real attention from the critics. From that moment their collaboration became regular and lasted till Dunand's death in 1942. The harmony of their works is almost tangible, Dunand's decor enhancing the architectonic quality of Printz's designs; offering Dunand the opportunity to share and adapt his tremendous skills as a lacquer and dinandier.
In 1929 Princess Marguerite of Wagram commissioned Printz a complete dining room. Exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs the same year, its main piece was a magnificent sideboard, of pure rectangular shape, with fourteen metal doors and geometrical silver flamed decoration by Dunand. This commission revealed to be vital for Printz's career, as it lead to his most important work.
The princess introduced him to her sister, Princess Elisabeth de La Tour d'Auvergne who was refurbishing her château at Grosbois, near Paris. She commissioned Printz to decorate several rooms: the entrance, the grand and petit salons, her boudoir, her bedroom. Several elements of this undertaking were exhibited with tremendous success at the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs in 1930 and 1931.
The present sideboard was part of this prestigious commission, for which Printz asked Dunand to decorate a few more elements: the eight metal doors of a cabinet set in one of the grand salon's walls, showing a silver flamed geometrical decoration echoing the sideboard ones, the legs of a few small side tables as well as the doors of a cabinet in the princess's bedroom.
Interested in the relation between architecture, space and design, Printz was fortunate enough to concieve his furniture for specific environments. Thinking immediately in terms of balance and harmony, combining a real sense of modernity, elegance and a strong personal style, Printz's sophistication met the criteria of the wealthy society of the time.
Sold in 1962 to the Société Hippique by the princess's heirs, the chateau no longer shows remaining trace of Printz's furniture or decoration. A great deal of the furniture sold at auction at Sotheby's Monaco in 1981, including this major piece