Henri Rapin
Upholstered with a gold and silver threaded silk, custom
made after the original fabric by Prelle, Paris
85 x 59 x 61 cm
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Provenance
French art market, 1990’s - Private collection, Paris, until 2021.
Exhibitions
Our armchairs were presented at the twelfth edition of the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs, Paris, 1921. They were part of a dining room suite designed by Rapin, with a sideboard, a centre table and porcelain sconces made by the Sèvres Manufacture.
Literature
Léon Rosenthal, ‘Le douzième salon des artistes-decorateurs’, in L’Architecture, volume 34, number 7, June 1921, page 3 - Yvonne Brunhammer, Les Artistes Décorateurs 1900-1942, 1990, page 71, plate 85.
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