ARMAND-ALBERT RATEAU
Pair of armchairs , c. 1920-1925
Pair of oak armchairs with a low curved backrest extending into scrolling armrests. They rest on two saber legs at the back and two faceted tapered legs at the front, adorned with sculpted decoration at the ends. Each is reupholstered in a tiger-patterned fabric.
68.5 x 58.5 x 48 cm.
27 x 23 x 18 7/8 in.
27 x 23 x 18 7/8 in.
Further images
Literature
Alastair Duncan, A.A. Rateau, exh. cat., DeLorenzo Gallery, New York, 1990, p. 84Franck Olivier-Vial and François Rateau, Armand Albert Rateau: un baroque chez les modernes, Paris, 1992, pp. 172-76, 236
Hélène Guéné, Décoration et Haute Couture: Armand Albert Rateau pour Jeanne Lanvin, un autre Art déco, Paris, 2006, pp. 68-69
Franck Olivier-Vial et François Rateau, Armand Albert Rateau, un baroque chez les modernes, Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris 1992, p. 175.