Furniture maker Eugène Printz and lacquerer Jean Dunand worked together to create this rare bookcase. Dunand decorated the seven doors that are inlaid with copper and silver. The doors, mounted on pivots, open to reveal sycamore-lined adjustable shelves. Printz regularly displayed his furniture at exhibitions in Paris and received many commissions from celebrated patrons such as the French fashion designer Jeanne Lanvin.
Gift of Sydney and Frances Lewis
A similar piece was displayed at the Salon des Tuileries, Paris, 1944;
(similar example) Salon of the Société des Artistes-Décorateurs, Paris, 1947;
Salon de Madame, in collaboration with Emile Auzet, including a palmwood desk designed for the Princesse de la Tour d'Auvergne.
"Cinquantenaire de l'Exposition 1925", Nov. 1975-Jan. 1976, Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, no. 729.
(similar example) Salon of the Société des Artistes-Décorateurs, Paris, 1947;
Salon de Madame, in collaboration with Emile Auzet, including a palmwood desk designed for the Princesse de la Tour d'Auvergne.
"Cinquantenaire de l'Exposition 1925", Nov. 1975-Jan. 1976, Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, no. 729.
Victor Arwas, Art Deco, Harry N. Abrams, NY, 1980, p. 84 (for a version with 5 doors);
Rene Jean, "Eugene Printz," Revue Mobilier et Decoration, no. 9, Sept. 1948, p. 20;
"Art et collections dans un lumineux duplex," Plaisir de la Maison, July-Aug. 1979, no. 149, p. 85, ill. 5;
Florette Camard, "Pierre Hebey," Galeries Magazine, April 1985, no. 1, p. 78;
Philippe Seulliet, "L'passion de l'Art Deco," Vogue Decoration, Edition Internationale, 1986, n. 8, pp. 202-203;
Anna Rabolini, "Figlio del novecento," Antiquariato, Aug. 1996, no. 184, p. 54;
Rene Jean, "Eugene Printz," Revue Mobilier et Decoration, no. 9, Sept. 1948, p. 20;
"Art et collections dans un lumineux duplex," Plaisir de la Maison, July-Aug. 1979, no. 149, p. 85, ill. 5;
Florette Camard, "Pierre Hebey," Galeries Magazine, April 1985, no. 1, p. 78;
Philippe Seulliet, "L'passion de l'Art Deco," Vogue Decoration, Edition Internationale, 1986, n. 8, pp. 202-203;
Anna Rabolini, "Figlio del novecento," Antiquariato, Aug. 1996, no. 184, p. 54;
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