Jean Royère, chaise “Croisillons”

Jean Royère (1902-1981)

"Croisillons" chair
Circa 1950

Tinted and varnished oak chair.
The front base has a rectangular shape and become slim at the bottom.
The back, which is in the extension of the back base, is slightly tilted and curved.
A cross-brace pattern for the back.

Height 79 cm (29 1⁄2 in) - Width 47 cm (18 1⁄2 in) - Depth 47 cm (19 in)

Literature:
- Archives Jean Royère, technical drawing n°7177
- Archives Jean Royère, cabinets des arts graphiques, MAD, Paris , album photo I : photograph n°245 for the model exhibited at the salon des Arts ménagers, photograph n°887 for a chair of the same model dated 1946
- "Jean Royère : décorateur à Paris" Catalogue de l’exposition, musée des Arts Décoratifs, éd. Norma & UCAD, Paris, 1999, p.16. for a chair of the same model photographed inside the shop in the rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré.
- "Jean Royère", Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, éd. Norma, Paris, 2002, pp. 39 et 119.