Emilio Terry, Mirror

Emilio Terry (1890-1969)

Mirror
Circa 1936

Fir and okoumé plywood framed round-arched mirror, decorated with a Greek motif carved in a continuous frieze and gilded with gold leaf.
Numbered ‘16816’ and marked ‘CHANAUX&C°’ on the back.
The authenticity of this piece has been confirmed by Dagmar de La Tour d’Auvergne, representative of the Emilio Terry’s right-holders.

Height 225 cm (88 1/2 in) - Width 122,5 cm (48 1/4 in) - Depth 3 cm (1 1/8 in)

Provenance :
- Collection of Raymond Patenôtre, Nice - interior design
by Jean-Michel Frank.
- Collection of Mr and Mrs M., Paris - accurate collection comprising important pieces by François-Xavier Lalanne or Guy de Rougemont, the apartment staged by
Jacques Grange.
- Private collection, Paris, acquired from the above.

Literature :
- « Sur la colline de Fabron », Vogue, Paris, juin 1937, p. 77 for our model.
- « Jean-Michel Frank : L’étrange luxe du rien », P.-E. Martin-Vivier, éd. Norma, Paris, 2006, p. 148 for our model.