JEAN ROYÈRE | "Ruban" Coffee Table

Acquired from the Jean Royère Gallery, Paris, circa late 1940s
Private Collection, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1978

Jean Royère, décorateur à Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, October 8, 1999-January 30, 2000

Ensembles Mobiliers, vol. 6, 1944, pl. 43
“Décors de Jean Royère,” Le Décor d’Aujourd’hui, vol. 37, 1946, p. 47
René Chavance, "Jean Royère ou bon sens et fantaisie," Mobilier et Décoration, no. 7, October 1949, pp. 3 and 15 
Jean Royère, "Décoration et exportation, la folie des prix français," Le Décor d'Aujourd'hui, no. 79, 1953, p. 233
Mobilier et Décoration, no. 7, 1954, cover (for a period drawing of the model)
Axel de Heeckeren, Jean Royère, Créateur et Décorateur, exh. cat., Paris 1985, p. 63
Jean Royère: décorateur à Paris, exh. cat., Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 1999, pp. 58 and 62
Jean Royère, exh. cat., Galerie Jacques Lacoste, Paris, 1999, p. 114
Catherine and Stephane de Beyrie, Jacques Ouaiss, Jean Royère, New York, 2000, p. 39
Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean Royère, Paris, 2002, p. 225
René Gabriel, Ensembles mobiliers, 1945, Bibliothèque de l'image, vol. 6, Paris, 2005, pl. 43
Galerie Jacques Lacoste and Galerie Patrick Seguin, eds., Jean Royère: Volume 1, Paris, 2012, pp. 284-285
Galerie Jacques Lacoste and Galerie Patrick Seguin, eds., Jean Royère: Volume 2, Paris, 2012, p. 61

Overall in very good condition. The limestone table top presents with some surface irregularities that are inherent to the material. Its inherent crevices with some surface dirt and tarnish consistent with age and not visually distracting. The edges and corners of the limestone with some occasional small losses, consistent with age and use and not visually distracting. The iron frame with some occasional light scuffing, surface scratches, and minor loss to patina concentrated to the corner edges as well as along the upper and lower borders. The legs with minor surface scratches, scuffing, and occasional signs of oxidation consistent with age and concentrated to joint areas and along the border edges. The ball-shaped brass elements with some light tarnish and signs of oxidation. This table was included in the exhibition "Jean Royère, décorateur à Paris" at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, October 8, 1999-January 30, 2000, and is accompanied by an original folded map of the exhibition, which registers the table as #15.
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