PIERRE CHAREAU (1883-1950)

Stool model SN3, also known as T, circa 1928. Rectangular walnut stool with slightly curved seat supported by a wrought iron base formed by two cylindrical rods at the front and a flat one at the back, the base resting on the ground forming a "T". H.: 37.5 cm - W.: 50 cm - D.: 50 cm. Seat stained black at the back and traces of oxidation. Rectangular walnut stool with iron base. 14.7 x 19.6 x 19.6 in. Bibliography: Un inventeur... l'architecte Pierre Chareau par René Herbst, préface de Francis Jourdain, Éditions UAM, Paris, 1954, pp. 64-65. Art et décoration année 1927, Éditions Albert Lévy, Paris, p. 18. Pierre Chareau architecte, un art intérieur (1994) [exhibition catalogue] (Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 3 November 1993-17 January 1994), Centre Pompidou, Paris, 1993, pp. 27, 147 and 149. Brice Brace Taylor, Pierre Chareau, Éditions Taschen, Köln, 1998, p. 79. Marc Vellay and Kenneth Frampton, Pierre Chareau Architecte-meublier 1883-1950, éditions du Regard, Paris, 1984, pp. 69, 318 and 327. L'Art vivant n° 76 of 15 February 1928. An SN3 stool reproduced on page 135.