1924–26
French
Decorative Arts
Furniture and Furnishings
rosewood, metal, upholstery
Overall: 23 5/8 × 27 9/16 × 31 1/2 in. (60.01 × 70.01 × 80.01 cm)
85.95
Gift of Sydney and Frances Lewis
(similar example) 16th Salon des Artistes Decorateurs of 1926, (Photograph in Vellay & Frampton). Grand Palais, Paris, 1926;

(similar example) Salon d'Automne, Pavillon de Marsan, Paris, 1927;

The 1920s Age of the Metropolis. The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, June 20 - November 10, 1991.

Interieurs Francais au Salon des Artistes Decorateurs en 1926, Paris, Charles Moreau, pl. 14;

Raymond Regamey, "Le XVIe Salon des Artistes Decorateurs," Art & Decoration, July-Dec. 1926, vol. L, p. 8;

Encyclopedie des Metiers d'art, Decoration Moderne, vol. 1, Editions Albert Morance, Paris, 1926, pl. 16;

Marc Vellay and Kenneith Frampton, Pierre Chareau, architect and craftsman1883-1950, Rizzoli, 1985, pp. 185, 196, 212, 214, 298, 314;

L'Amour de l'Art no. 6, Jan. 1926, p. 215;

Mobilier et Decoration, no.2, Jan. 1927, p. 99, 103, 106;

Mobilier et Decoration, no. 5, April 1928, pp. 162-163;

Art et Decoration, 1932, vol. LXI, p. 134;

Pierre Chareau, architecte, un art interieur, ex. cat., Centre Georges Pompidou, paris, 1993, pp. 39, 142, 167, 170-174, 188-189, 200-201

Herbst, Un Inventeur, pp. 74-76, 1930...., 1981, no. 88;

Art et Decoration, July-Dec 1926,p. 8 (on XVI Salon des Artistes Decorateurs);

Rene Chavance, "Quelques Exemples d'Installations Modernes rue Mallet-Stevens," Mobilier et Decoration, 1928, pp. 25-51 (and especially pp. 38-39) for an armchair by Chareau like VMFA.

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