Although the Villa Cavrois was originally designed by Robert Mallet-Stevens between 1929 and 1932, the architect Pierre Barbe re-configured the house between 1947 and 1959 following its occupation by German troops during World War II. Barbe’s interventions took several forms: he carried out restorations to the building; restored and in some cases significantly altered furniture designed by Mallet-Stevens for the villa; and he added new furnishings which departed, aesthetically, from the pre-existing designs by Mallet-Stevens. The present coat hanger falls into this third category, as documented in the Archives Pierre Barbe held by the Institut Français d’Architecture.