Important Design
Important Design
Property from a Private Collection
André Groult
Commode
Auction Closed
December 8, 07:38 PM GMT
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection
André Groult
Commode
circa 1926-1928
offered together with three period keys
executed by Chanaux & Pelletier, Paris
amaranth, mahogany, silver-plated bronze
impressed three times with the maker's monogram
36¼ x 30½ x 18½ in. (92.1 x 77.5 x 47 cm)
Galerie Michel Giraud, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2017
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2017
René Chavance, Une ambassade française: Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes, Paris, 1925, pl. XXIV (for a related shagreen example in the "Chambre de Madame," in the "Ambassade Française" at the Paris 1925 Exhibition)
Gabrielle Rosenthal, "La cour des métiers et l'ambassade française," L'Art Vivant, October 1925, p. 14 (for the above mentioned photograph)
Yvonne Brunhammer, 1925, Paris, 1976, p. 68 (for the above mentioned photograph)
"Un Art de Composer, A Paris, chez un fervent des années trente," Vogue Décoration, 1987, no. 4, p. 99 (for a related shagreen example)
Yvonne Brunhammer and Suzanne Tise, Decorative Arts of France 1900-1942, New York, 1990, p. 104 (for a related shagreen example)
Lison de Caunes et Jean Perfettini, Le Galuchat, Paris, 1994, p. 138 (for a related shagreen example)
Félix Marcilhac, André Groult: décorateur-ensemblier du Xxe siècle, Paris, 1997, pp. 152, 166 and 185 (for related shagreen examples)
Pierre Kjellberg, Le Mobilier du XXe Siècle, Dictionnaire des Créateurs, Paris, 2000, p. 282 (for a related shagreen example)
Charlotte Benton, Tim Benton and Ghislaine Wood, eds., Art Deco 1910-1939, London, 2003, p. 146 (for a related shagreen example)
Gabrielle Rosenthal, "La cour des métiers et l'ambassade française," L'Art Vivant, October 1925, p. 14 (for the above mentioned photograph)
Yvonne Brunhammer, 1925, Paris, 1976, p. 68 (for the above mentioned photograph)
"Un Art de Composer, A Paris, chez un fervent des années trente," Vogue Décoration, 1987, no. 4, p. 99 (for a related shagreen example)
Yvonne Brunhammer and Suzanne Tise, Decorative Arts of France 1900-1942, New York, 1990, p. 104 (for a related shagreen example)
Lison de Caunes et Jean Perfettini, Le Galuchat, Paris, 1994, p. 138 (for a related shagreen example)
Félix Marcilhac, André Groult: décorateur-ensemblier du Xxe siècle, Paris, 1997, pp. 152, 166 and 185 (for related shagreen examples)
Pierre Kjellberg, Le Mobilier du XXe Siècle, Dictionnaire des Créateurs, Paris, 2000, p. 282 (for a related shagreen example)
Charlotte Benton, Tim Benton and Ghislaine Wood, eds., Art Deco 1910-1939, London, 2003, p. 146 (for a related shagreen example)