PIERRE CHAREAU (1883-1950)
Stool model "SN3", also known as "T", circa 1928.
Rectangular walnut seat slightly curved supported by a wrought iron base formed by two cylindrical rods at the front and a flat 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 afterwards and traces of oxidation.
Bibliography:
Un inventeur... l'architecte Pierre Chareau by René Herbst, preface by 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.