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Armand-Albert RATEAU Pair of paneled bookcases for Jeanne Lanvin - circa 1920 In oak, with open top pedestal and shelves with molded surround adorned with a frieze carved with laurel berries and enhanced with gilding. Low pedestal opening to two full doors on bronze hinges and hinges Refaced pediments and restorations 290 x 137 x 67 cm Source : Former Jeanne Lanvin collection for her private mansion on rue Barbet-de-Jouy. Ader-Picart-Tajan sale, December 1, 1989, Drouot, lot 234 In the same collection since Bibliography : Frank Olivier-Vial and François Rateau, Armand Albert Rateau, Les Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1992, model referenced and reproduced pp. 98, 100, 101, 103. Hélène Guéné, Décoration et haute couture, Armand Albert Rateau pour Jeanne Lanvin, un autre Art déco, Les arts Décoratifs, Paris, 2006, model reproduced pp.101-102. Armand-Albert RATEAU A pair of oak bookcases and bronze hinges by Armand Albert Rateau - circa 1920 104.17 × 49.21 × 26.38 in.
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Armand-Albert RATEAU Pair of paneled bookcases for Jeanne Lanvin - circa 1920 In oak, with open top pedestal and shelves with molded surround adorned with a frieze carved with laurel berries and enhanced with gilding. Low pedestal opening to two full doors on bronze hinges and hinges Refaced pediments and restorations 290 x 137 x 67 cm Source : Former Jeanne Lanvin collection for her private mansion on rue Barbet-de-Jouy. Ader-Picart-Tajan sale, December 1, 1989, Drouot, lot 234 In the same collection since Bibliography : Frank Olivier-Vial and François Rateau, Armand Albert Rateau, Les Éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1992, model referenced and reproduced pp. 98, 100, 101, 103. Hélène Guéné, Décoration et haute couture, Armand Albert Rateau pour Jeanne Lanvin, un autre Art déco, Les arts Décoratifs, Paris, 2006, model reproduced pp.101-102. Armand-Albert RATEAU A pair of oak bookcases and bronze hinges by Armand Albert Rateau - circa 1920 104.17 × 49.21 × 26.38 in.
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