Description
DIM (MODERN INTERIOR DESIGN) - RENÉ JOUBERT (1885-1931) & PHILIPPE PETIT (1885-1945) Ambony burl, stingray and nickel-plated metal, circa 1928, very probably unique piece Exceptional modernist bed made of Amboine burl veneer. The headboard, with a concave part in the center, hosts two adjoining bedside tables, each one receiving a niche entirely lined with original stingray tiles, a shutter and a retractable light arm in nickel-plated metal, a drawer, a pull; the square draw knobs are in sculpted ivory. The foot is enriched, in the center, with a truncated trapezoid section. The head, the long sides and the feet rest on a base in doucine adorned with nickel-plated metal. Condition of use, minor cracks in the veneer, accidents and scattered damages, oxidation of the nickel-plated parts. Overall : Height : 100 cm - Length : 291 cm - Width : 215 cm Bibliography and related works: Originally, this bed was accompanied by a pedestal table in Amboine burr veneer, the top sheathed in shagreen, of which a lacquered variant is reproduced on page 190 of the May 1928 issue of Mobilier et Décoration in an article titled Ensembles and furniture by René Joubert and Oh. Petit published by DIM under the pen of G. Rémon.
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DIM (MODERN INTERIOR DESIGN) - RENÉ JOUBERT (1885-1931) & PHILIPPE PETIT (1885-1945) Ambony burl, stingray and nickel-plated metal, circa 1928, very probably unique piece Exceptional modernist bed made of Amboine burl veneer. The headboard, with a concave part in the center, hosts two adjoining bedside tables, each one receiving a niche entirely lined with original stingray tiles, a shutter and a retractable light arm in nickel-plated metal, a drawer, a pull; the square draw knobs are in sculpted ivory. The foot is enriched, in the center, with a truncated trapezoid section. The head, the long sides and the feet rest on a base in doucine adorned with nickel-plated metal. Condition of use, minor cracks in the veneer, accidents and scattered damages, oxidation of the nickel-plated parts. Overall : Height : 100 cm - Length : 291 cm - Width : 215 cm Bibliography and related works: Originally, this bed was accompanied by a pedestal table in Amboine burr veneer, the top sheathed in shagreen, of which a lacquered variant is reproduced on page 190 of the May 1928 issue of Mobilier et Décoration in an article titled Ensembles and furniture by René Joubert and Oh. Petit published by DIM under the pen of G. Rémon.
