ARMAND-ALBERT RATEAU
PAIR OF CAST-IRON FIREBACKS, c. 1920-1922
A pair of cast-iron fireplace back plates, executed after a design by Armand-Albert Rateau for Jeanne Lanvin's residence in Le Vésinet. Their decoration features stylised flames radiating in a fan-like composition, rising towards an upper border articulated by four large spiral volutes. The design exemplifies Rateau's distinctive ornamental vocabulary, in which vegetal forms merge into a composition of remarkable decorative restraint.
Available separately.
Available separately.
H 40.5 - W 54 - D 2 cm
H 16 - W 21 1/4 - D 3/4 in.
H 16 - W 21 1/4 - D 3/4 in.
Marked on the back of each "Mme Melet, Les vieilles Tuiles, Bd de Belgique Le Vesinet".
Provenance
Exhibitions
A copy of this plate is in the collections of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, inventory no. 39917.Literature
'Les années "25": Art Déco / Bauhaus / Stijl / Esprit Nouveau', Musée des arts décoratifs de Paris, exhibition catalog, March 3 to May 16, 1966, n°628 p. 60Frank Olivier-Vial and François Rateau: "Armand Albert Rateau", Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1992, model reproduced on pages 36-37 in a view of the bedroom in Jeanne Lanvin's Paris apartment.
Hélène Guéné: "Décoration et Haute Couture, Armand Albert Rateau pour Jeanne Lanvin, un autre Art déco", Editions Les Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 2006, model reproduced on page 80 and 127.
Évelyne Possémé: "Le Mobilier Français: 1910-1930, Les Années 25", Editions Charles Massin, Paris, 1999, model reproduced on page 91.
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