Lot 457
MAURICE DUFRÊNE (ATTRIBUTED DESIGNER) AT THE MAÎTRISE WORKSHOP, GALERIES LAFAYETTE, PARIS
NEST OF THREE ART DECO OCCASIONAL TABLES, CIRCA 1920
Auction: Design Since 1860
Estimate: £500 - £800
Description
walnut with marquetry-inlaid decoration
Dimensions
60cmwide, 66.5cm high, 37.5cm deep; 52cm wide, 64cm high, 37.5cm deep; and 46cm wide 62cm high, 37.5cm deep
Footnote
Note: The Galeries Lafayette launched the Maîtrise workshop under Dufrêne's direction in 1921. This workshop followed the Primavera of the Printemps store founded in 1912 by René Guilleré and competed with Paul Follot’s Pomone at Le Bon Marché, and the Studium of the Grands Magasins du Louvre.
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