Design
Design
Property from an Important American Collection
André Sornay
Games Table Set
Lot Closed
March 14, 05:39 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important American Collection
André Sornay
Games Table Set
circa 1930
comprising one games table and a set of four armchairs
African mahogany, brass, leather upholstery
two chairs stamped FRANCE/SORNAY/BREVETE/ETRANGER
table: 29 3/4 x 32 x 32 in. (75.6 x 81.3 x 81.3 cm)
chairs: 35 1/4 x 21 x 21 in. (89.5 x 53.3 x 53.3 cm) each
Macklowe Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Sotheby's New York, December 1, 2001, lot 236
Pierre Kjellberg, Le Mobilier du XXème Siècle: Dictionnaire des Créateurs, Paris, 2000, p. 603 (for a related model of the chair)
Thierry Roche, André Sornay 1902-2000, Paris, 2002, pp. 104 (for the table) and 128 (for a period photograph of the chairs)