PAUL DUPRÉ-LAFON (1900-1971)
Modernist office chair in black lacquered wood.
Gaine-type front legs, rear legs overhanging the seat and receiving the nickel-plated metal support for the backrest.
The curvilinear backrest is supported by a curved nickel-plated metal plate.
Seat upholstered in fawn leather.
Circa 1930.
Used condition, restorations, non-original black lacquer, non-original leather upholstery, nickel plating redone.
Height: 74cm - Length: 52cm - Depth: 56cm
Please note:
We would like to thank Laure Tinel Dupré-Lafon, the artist's successor, for confirming the authenticity of this work. A certificate from the successor in title will be given to the buyer, at his request and expense.
Provenance:
- Art Nouveau - Art déco - Sale by Me Boisgirard, Hôtel Drouot, October 22, 1986. Our desk chair presented under catalog number 151 (in conjunction with the desk) at this auction.
- Galerie Couvrat Desvergnes. Acquired at the previous sale.
- Private collection, Neuilly-sur-Seine. Acquired from Galerie Couvrat Desvergnes during the first exhibition devoted to Paul Dupré-Lafon, April 29-September 15, 1987.
Bibliography:
Thierry Couvrat Desvergnes - Paul Dupré-Lafon, décorateur des millionnaires - Les Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1990. Our office chair reproduced on pages 42 and 43, a very similar model in an archive photograph reproduced on page 105; a detail reproduced on page 47.
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