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Provenance

Galerie Michel Giraud, Paris<br />Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2017

Literature

René Chavance, <em>Une ambassade française: Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes</em>, Paris, 1925, pl. XXIV (for a related shagreen example in the "Chambre de Madame," in the "Ambassade Française" at the Paris 1925 Exhibition)<br />Gabrielle Rosenthal<em>, </em>"La cour des métiers et l'ambassade française," <em>L'Art Vivant</em>, October 1925, p. 14 (for the above mentioned photograph)<br />Yvonne Brunhammer, <em>1925</em>, Paris, 1976, p. 68 (for the above mentioned photograph)<br />"Un Art de Composer, A Paris, chez un fervent des années trente," <em>Vogue Décoration</em>, 1987, no. 4, p. 99 (for a related shagreen example)<br />Yvonne Brunhammer and Suzanne Tise, <em>Decorative Arts of France 1900-1942</em>, New York, 1990, p. 104 (for a related shagreen example)<br />Lison de Caunes et Jean Perfettini, <em>Le Galuchat</em>, Paris, 1994, p. 138 (for a related shagreen example)<br />Félix Marcilhac, <em>André Groult: décorateur-ensemblier du Xxe siècle</em>, Paris, 1997, pp. 152, 166 and 185 (for related shagreen examples)<br />Pierre Kjellberg,<em> Le Mobilier du XXe Siècle, Dictionnaire des Créateurs,</em> Paris, 2000, p. 282 (for a related shagreen example)<br />Charlotte Benton, Tim Benton and Ghislaine Wood, eds., <em>Art Deco 1910-1939</em>, London, 2003, p. 146 (for a related shagreen example)

Catalog summary

Property from a Private Collection André Groult Commode circa 1926-1928 offered together with three period keys executed by Chanaux & Pelletier, Paris amaranth, mahogany, silver-plated bronze impressed three times with the maker's monogram 36¼ x 30½ x 18½ in. (92.1 x 77.5 x 47 cm)