PIERRE CHAREAU
Cylindrical base in patinated silvered metal, with a diffuser composed of six alabaster panels arranged in a flower form and held by metal supports.
H 8 1/2 - Diam. 10 5/8 in.
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Literature
Francis Ramond & Marc Bedarida, Pierre Chareau. Biography. Exhibitions. Furniture, Vol. I, Éditions Norma, pp. 271 and 333, no. 29.Les Arts de la Maison, Éditions Albert Morancé, Paris, Spring 1926, pl. XVII.
M. Vellay & K. Frampton, Pierre Chareau: Architecte-meublier, 1883–1950, Éditions du Regard, Paris, 1984; model illustrated on pp. 49, 50, and 118.
L’Arc en Seine. Pierre Chareau, exhibition catalogue, May 23 – June 22, 1991; model referenced and illustrated on p. 31.
Pierre Chareau architecte, un art intérieur, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, exhibition catalogue, 1993; model referenced and illustrated on p. 156.
Ernest Tisserand, “Living-room et studio: une exposition d’art décoratif,” L’Art Vivant, no. 31, April 1, 1926, p. 267, illustrating the same model in a private interior.
Jean Annet, “Les lampes,” L’Art Vivant, no. 41, September 1, 1926, p. 675.
René Herbst, Un inventeur, l’architecte Pierre Chareau, Éditions du Salon des Arts Ménagers, Paris, 1954, p. 73.
Les Échos des Industries, November 1926, p. 20, no. 16.