Important Design
Important Design
Design Masterworks from a Distinguished West Coast Collection
JEAN ROYÈRE | “TOUR EIFFEL” COFFEE TABLE
Auction Closed
December 12, 09:10 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Design Masterworks from a Distinguished West Coast Collection
JEAN ROYÈRE
“TOUR EIFFEL” COFFEE TABLE
circa 1947
patinated wrought iron, bronze, glass
13⅜ x 51⅜ x 21¾ in. (34 x 130.5 x 55.2 cm)
DeLorenzo Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Jean Royère, Décorateur à Paris, exh. cat., Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 1999, p. 25
Jean Royère, exh. cat., Galerie Jacques Lacoste, Paris, 1999, pp. 96-97
Catherine and Stephane de Beyrie and Jacques Ouaiss, Jean Royère, New York, 2000, p. 16
Adam Lindemann, Collecting Design, Cologne, 2010, p. 184
Galerie Jacques Lacoste and Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Royère, Paris, 2012, vol. 1, pp. 142 and 148; vol. 2, pp. 62 and 92-93
Royère first introduced the idea of the crossed bars joined by spheres in 1939. However it was not until his 1947 exhibition at "La Résidence Française" in 1947 where he showed a lamp and a low table of this design that the shape was clearly defined. At the French consulate in Alexandria, Egypt, Royère furnished an entire room in the "Tour Eiffel" style.