RENÉ HERBST (1891-1982)

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3000 - 5000 EUR
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Result : 3 900EUR
RENÉ HERBST (1891-1982)
RENÉ HERBST (1891-1982) Varnished walnut veneer desk with a rectangular top covered with leather in the central part, opening on the left side by a box with a full door on an interior with adjustable height shelves, a drawer in the belt, and on the right side a drawer over a full door. Legs quadrangular in front and back in doucine and flat back brace. A varnished walnut veneer desk with a rectangular top covered with leather in the central part, opening on the left by a pedestal with a full door on an interior with adjustable height shelves, a drawer in the belt, and on the right part a drawer surmounting a full door. Legs with quadrangular front and back legs in stave and flat back strut. H 77 x W 162 x D 80 cm - H 30 1/4 x W 63 3/4 x D 31 1/2 in. HISTORY : Model made by René Herbst in 1937 for the decoration of the store of his friend Jean Puiforcat, located 131 boulevard Haussmann in Paris. BIBLIOGRAPHY : - Françoise de Bonneville, Jean Puiforcat, Éditions du Regard, Paris, 1986, variants of our model reproduced on archival photographs showing a view of the second floor of the Puiforcat store pp. 20-21 ; - Solange Goguel, René Herbst, Éditions du Regard, Paris, 1990, variants of our model reproduced on archival photographs showing views of the second floor of the Puiforcat store pp. 183-185.
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