JEAN ROUSSEAU & PIERRE LARDIN
Unique ‘Méridienne’ in amaranth wood with gilt bronze feet.
Rousseau and Lardin, both trained in the prestigious atelier of Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, designer and cabinetmaker later founded the firm HEREL following their mentor’s death and modernising Ruhlmann’s ‘Rodier’ model. The chaise longue has been newly upholstered and covered with a linen and silk fabric designed by É. J. Ruhlmann, listed under the name ‘Les Ondes’ in the artists catalogue and reedited on request only by Prelle in Lyon.
Signed, unique piece.
Dimensions: H 80 x W 153 x D 57 cm - H 31½ × W 60¼ in. × D 22½ in.
Period: Circa 1938
Material: Amaranth and gilt bronze, ‘Les Ondes’ linen and silk fabric by Prelle
Provenance: Former collection of Karl Lagerfeld (Place Saint Sulpice in Paris in the early 70s); former collection of Seymour Stein
Bibliography: ‘Collection Karl Lagerfeld Art Déco’, Auction catalogue, A. Godeau, L. Solanet et P.-E. Audap, 25.11.1975, lot 110.