Lebanon, 1939

D 51.1″ H 35.8″
D 130cm H 91cm

Six lights chandelier in wrought iron with its original gilt patina. New lampshades made on the original model.

This model, rare on the market, exists in several colors. The one exhibited by the gallery has kept its original gilt patina.

This chandelier was commissioned by the first collector in 1948.

Provenance

– Collection of Mrs F., Lebanon, circa 1948 – Important collection of Jean Royère, begun in 1948 through Nadim Majdalani, at the occasion of a special order for a complete set, and completed over the years including during Parisian trips
– Thence by descent
– Gallery GABRIEL from the above

Literature

– Archives Jean Royère, MAD, Paris ;Plan technique n°2.997 daté de 1948, annoté F., our piece reproduced. Album I, photographie n°422 annotée «Salon des Arts Ménagers (photograph from 1939 with «Salon des Arts Ménagers – Chambre d’Hôtel» written).

– «Jean Royère, décorateur à Paris», musée des Arts décoratifs, éd. Norma, Paris, 2000, p. 37 : view of the hotel bedroom designed by Jean Royère at the Salon de l’Habitation in 1939, chandelier with 6 lights.

– «Jean Royère», P-E Martin Vivier, éd. Norma, Paris, 2002, p.150 – for a similar red lacquer model with 8 lights.