Pierre Chareau - 'La Religieuse SN 31'

Lot 415. A mahogany and alabaster floor lamp, circa 1925 - 73½ in. (186.7 cm.) high - light fitting stamped ERES - Estimate: $100,000-150,000

Provenance : Grand Hôtel du Tours, Tours.
With DeLorenzo Gallery, New York.

Note : cf. M. Vellay and K. Frampton, Pierre Chareau Architecte-Meublier 1883-1950, Paris, 1984, pp. 93 and 195 for an example of this model.
Exhibition catalogue, Pierre Chareau architect, un art intérieur, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1993, November 1993-January 1994, p. 155 for an example of this model.

B.B. Taylor, Pierre Chareau Designer and Architect, Cologne, 1992, p. 63 for an example of this model.

Christie's. Property from the Estate of Robin Roberts. 18 December 2007. 20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York