Jean Royère, “Créneaux” coffee table
Jean Royère (1902-1981)
"Créneaux" coffee table
Circa 1955
Rectangular coffee table with a metal structure painted in red, original color, and with a travertine original top.
This piece, well-known in the Jean Royère’s archives, is exhibited for the first time on the market.
Height 31 cm (12 1⁄4 in) - Lenght 90 cm (35 1⁄2 in) - Width 40 cm (15 3⁄4 in)
Provenance:
- Private collection, Paris, France - where there was also a "Ruban" console-desk.
This set, known thanks to the documentation, is presented for the first time on the market.
Literature:
- Archives Jean Royère, MAD, Paris: period photograph illustrated our coffee table in an interior with the console-desk & gouache depicting a si milar table with largest proportions, annotated "XX" and num bered 41.
- Archives Jean Royère, Cabinet des Arts Graphiques, MAD, Paris: blueprints for models from the "Créneaux" pattern but with different proportions and tops.
