Tabouret (for Jacques Doucet's apartment, Avenue du Bois, Paris, then, later, his studio, hotel de la rue Saint-James, Neuilly, France) (Primary Title)
Tabouret (for Jacques Doucet residence, Paris, France) (Former Title)
Pierre Legrain, French, 1889 - 1929 (Artist)
The form of this tabouret was inspired by stools made by Ngombe craftsmen. The Ngombe people live in Africa in the Democratic Republic of Congo (known as the Belgian Congo in the 1920s).
Sydney and Frances Lewis Endowment Fund
"Art Deco 1910-1939", Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK, March 27 - July 20, 2003; Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada, September 15, 2003 - January 4, 2004; California Palace of Honor, San Francisco, CA, March 13 - July 5, 2004; Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA, August 22, 2004 - January 9, 2005.
“African Forms in the Furniture of Pierre Legrain,” National Museum of African Art, Washington, DC, Aug. 8-Nov. 29, 1998;
"Cinquantenaire de l'Exposition de 1925,' Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, Oct 15, 1976-Feb 2, 1977, cat. 609;
“African Forms in the Furniture of Pierre Legrain,” National Museum of African Art, Washington, DC, Aug. 8-Nov. 29, 1998;
"Cinquantenaire de l'Exposition de 1925,' Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, Oct 15, 1976-Feb 2, 1977, cat. 609;
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