Jean Royère

Exhibited by Galerie Chastel-Maréchal

Material Steel painted gunmetal black, gilded brass balls, fabric

Dimensions Height 49 cm - Width 66 cm - Depth 41 cm

Status Vetted

About the Work

This rare pair of stools features the Eiffel Tower motif, which Jean Royère arrived at after incessant research into new combinations. A combination of the lattice and the ball, it first appeared in 1939. The definitive version was the coffee table and floor lamp presented in 1947 at the ‘La Résidence française’ exhibition organised by Waldemar George at the Pierre Maurs gallery.

Provenance

Important collection of Jean Royère, begun in 1948 through Nadim Majdalani,
at the occasion of a special order for a complete set, and completed over the years including during Parisian trips.
- thence by descent

Literature

Literature :
- Archives Jean Royère, Cabinet des dessins, MAD, Paris, blue prints n°5.140, n°5.571 and n°7.303.
- « Jean Royère », P-E Martin Vivier, éd. Norma, Paris, 2017, p. 143 for an Eiffel Tower coffee table and p. 146 for Eiffel Tower stools.