Description
PAUL DUPRÉ-LAFON (1900-1971) Modernist desk, side and wall-mounted, in brown tinted oak and ceruse. The front legs are trapezoidal; each one has a drop in the upper part and a recess in the lower part. The central rear leg forms an L shape and ends in a footrest with a nickel-plated metal tube. The entablature receiving the black opaline top with a relief reverse. Height : 73 cm - Length : 75 cm - Depth : 50 cm Provenance : Private collection, Paris. Bibliography : - Plaisir de France - N° of June 1938. An identical model is reproduced on page 18. - Thierry Couvrat Desvergnes - Paul Dupré-Lafon, decorator of millionaires - Les Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1990. Identical models reproduced on pages 91 and 104.
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PAUL DUPRÉ-LAFON (1900-1971) Modernist desk, side and wall-mounted, in brown tinted oak and ceruse. The front legs are trapezoidal; each one has a drop in the upper part and a recess in the lower part. The central rear leg forms an L shape and ends in a footrest with a nickel-plated metal tube. The entablature receiving the black opaline top with a relief reverse. Height : 73 cm - Length : 75 cm - Depth : 50 cm Provenance : Private collection, Paris. Bibliography : - Plaisir de France - N° of June 1938. An identical model is reproduced on page 18. - Thierry Couvrat Desvergnes - Paul Dupré-Lafon, decorator of millionaires - Les Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1990. Identical models reproduced on pages 91 and 104.
