JEAN ROYÈRE | "Sphère" Table Lamp

Galerie de Beyrie, New York

Mobilier et Décoration, nos. 6 and 7, 1949, p. 4
Jean Royère: décorateur à Paris, exh. cat., Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 1999, p. 115
Catherine and Stephane de Beyrie and Jacques Ouaiss, Jean Royère, New York, 2000, p. 36
Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean Royère, Paris, 2002, p. 189
Galerie Jacques Lacoste and Galerie Patrick Seguin, eds., Jean Royère, Paris, 2012, vol. I, pp. 31, 80, 156-157 and 223, vol II., pp. 40-41 and 151-152 (for design drawings of the model)
Delphine and Reed Krakoff, Houses That We Dreamt Of: The Interiors of Delphine and Reed Krakoff, New York, 2017, p. 213 (for the present lot illustrated)

Overall in very good condition. The metal with minor oxidation throughout. The marble base with minor fine surface scratches and minor chips to the upper and lower corners, the largest to one upper corner and measuring approximately 1/4 inch square. A few areas with traces of adhesive residue which appear to be from the application of the protective felt pad underneath the base. The shade in very good condition with very minor isolated spotting as partially visible in the catalogue illustration. An iconic and important design from Royère.
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