Pierre Cruège, Pair of curule style stools

Pierre Cruège (1913-2003)

Pair of curule style stools
circa 1943

A rare pair of curule-style stools with an elongated, slightly scalloped rectangular reupholstered seat.
The black patinated wrought-iron base forms two curved, intersecting X-shaped legs, connected by a central strut clad in gilded bronze and featuring ribbed detailing.
Each leg ends in a circular gilded bronze glide and is topped by a rosette-shaped ring with godrons, also in gilded bronze.

Height 47,5 cm (18 3/4 in) - Width 68 cm (26 3/4 in) - Depth 37 cm (14 5/8 in)

Provenance :
- Pierre and Suzanne Cruège’s collection, France.
- Thence by descent to their daughter, France Cruège de Forceville – author of numerous publications, including a monograph on the artist, curator, CNE expert and collector
- Purchased from the above by the Chastel-Maréchal gallery.

Literature :
- « Pierre Cruège, architecte d’intérieur et créateur du XXe siècle », France Cruège de Forceville, In Fine Éditions d’art, Paris, 2023, similar or our models reproduced pp. 34-35.
- « Louis Leygue, sculpteur », Pierre Cruège, Les Éditions de l’Amateur, Paris, 2000, similar or our models reproduced p. 4.