Chair (Primary Title)
André Groult, French, 1884 - 1967 (Designer)
One of the buildings at the 1925 International Exhibition of Decorative Arts held in Paris represented a French embassy. The building’s 25 interiors, arranged around a central court, were furnished by well-known members of the society of Artist-Decorators, including André Groult. This chair was created for the “Bedroom of the Wife of the French Ambassador.” All of the furniture was rounded and covered in sharkskin, a material that Groult often used in his designs. Nearby in this gallery there is an earlier sideboard by Groult that is also ornamented with sharkskin.
Gift of Sydney and Frances Lewis
Displayed in the "Bedroom of the Wife of the French Ambassador" in the pavilion of the Societe des Artistes Decorateurs, at the International and Modern Decorative Arts, Paris, 1925
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