JEAN-CHARLES MOREUX (1889-1956) & PAUL VÉRA (1882-1957)

JEAN-CHARLES MOREUX (1889-1956) & PAUL VÉRA (1882-1957) Mantel screen, circa 1923, in mahogany veneer and solid mahogany, with a rectangular body rounded at the top, incorporating a circular tapestry decorated with a bather, underlined by a small circular canted shelf and a small central foot forming a console. Rectangular base finished with silver-plated square feet. A fireplace screen, circa 1923, in mahogany veneer and solid mahogany, with a circular tapestry decorated with a bather, underlined by a small circular canted shelf and a small central foot forming a console. The rectangular base ends in square silvered metal feet. H 105 x L 69 x P 17 cm - H 41 3/8 x W 27 1/8 x D 6 3/4 in. Provenance: former Galerie Marcilhac collection, Paris; former Galerie Chastel-Maréchal collection, Paris; private collection, Paris. Bibliography : Christian Zervos, Les Arts de la Maison II, printemps & été 1924, Éditions Albert Morancé, Paris, tapestry referenced and reproduced plate 2 ; Susan Day, Jean-Charles Moreux, architecte-décorateur-paysagiste, Éditions Norma, Paris, 1999, p. 53 for a study of our model in Indian ink dated 1923; Susan Day, Jean-Charles Moreux, eponymous exhibition from September 12 to October 10, 2012 at Galerie Chastel-Maréchal, Galerie Chastel-Maréchal, Paris, model referenced and reproduced pp. 56-57 and 75 ; - Jehanne Lazaj & Bruno Ythier, Tapisseries 1925, Éditions Privat, Toulouse, 2012, model reproduced p. 84.