Pair of guéridons in brass by Jean-Michel Frank
Pair of tripod guéridons with hanging rings
Brass
Comte 1930s
Dimensions:
27.5 in. (70 cm) H
15 in. (38 cm) D
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Jean-Michel Frank (1895-1941) was one of the most influential and original designers of the 20th century. Beginning in the 1920s, he developed a following among the Parisian cognoscenti for his elegantly understated furnishings and interiors. Typical of his designs was a radical simplification of form, rendered in texturaly rich materials such as limed oak, parchment, straw marquetry, iron and leather.
In 1930, Frank entered into a partnership with Adolph Chanaux, who had already been executing his furniture designs. He acted as creative director for Chanaux & Company, and in 1935 the two would open a boutique under Frank’s name on rue Faubourg-Saint-Honoré dedicated to his designs and those of his artist and architect collaborators, such as Christian Bérard and Emilio Terry. At the decade’s end, the firm closed its doors due to the war, and Frank immigrated to Argentina, where he lived until his untimely death the following year. Frank developed a number of entertainment-friendly guéridons, including this all-brass tripod model based on neoclassical campaign prototypes.(Photo on right depicts other table of the same model.) Literature: |
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