Jean Royère - Design Day Sale London Monday, April 27, 2015 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Acquired directly from the designer, private collection, France, 1950
    Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2014

  • Literature

    Roberto Aloi, L'Arredamento Moderno, Terza Serie, Milan, 1948, fig. 336
    Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean Royère, Paris, 2002, p. 132
    Galerie Jacques Lacoste and Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Royère, Volume 1, Paris, 2012, pp. 262-63
    Galerie Jacques Lacoste and Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jean Royère, Volume 2, Paris, 2012, p. 72

  • Catalogue Essay

    The present model was exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants, Paris, 1941

  • Artist Biography

    Jean Royère

    French • 1902 - 1981

    Jean Royère took on the mantle of the great artistes décorateurs of 1940s France and ran with it into the second half of the twentieth century. Often perceived as outside of the modernist trajectory ascribed to twentieth-century design, Royère was nonetheless informed by and enormously influential to his peers. Having opened a store in Paris in 1943 before the war had ended, he was one of the first to promote a new way of life through interior decoration, and his lively approach found an international audience early on in his career.

    In addition to commissions in Europe and South America, Royère had a strong business in the Middle East where he famously designed homes for the Shah of Iran, King Farouk of Egypt and King Hussein of Jordan. The surrealist humor and artist's thoughtful restraint that he brought to his furniture designs continue to draw admiration to this day.

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Rare 'Chevron' sideboard

circa 1941
Limed oak, leather, brass studs.
71.8 x 183.6 x 48.8 cm (28 1/4 x 72 1/4 x 19 1/4 in.)

Estimate
£30,000 - 40,000 

Sold for £68,500

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Design Day Sale

London Day Sale 28 April 2015 2pm