Design - Flower sideboard - design by Groult,... Lot 1873

Design - Flower sideboard - design by Groult, André (Paris 1884-1966 Nogent-sur-Marne), interior designer and craftsman, he is also described as a leading designer of Art Deco, in 1925 Groult exhibited a sideboard covered with fish leather at the Exposition internationale des Arts Décoratifs et industriels modernes in Paris, The piece of furniture in pink and gray for a ladies' room made of beech, mahogany and ivory is now owned by the Musée des Arts décoratifs in Paris, Groult often draws on traditional forms for his innovative furniture designs, but combines them with modern functional elements, wood, lacquered in black and cream, the frame made of bent square wood on short, skid-like feet, three rectangular and one round shelf, offset in height, each mounted with cylindrical wood screws, the bent timbers of the frame already hint at later tubular steel constructions, such as those of Marcel Breuer's cantilever chairs, the color-contrasting knobs of the wooden screws correspond to a functionalist view of decorative design elements, later paintwork, some paint abrasion, stress cracks, approx. 95x85x25cm