ART DECO
MARTELL GALLERY
André Arbus
set of of four Armchairs , 1950
Wood and Fabric
Location: Miami
White-glove shipping available worldwide. Contact for quote.
Location: Miami
White-glove shipping available worldwide. Contact for quote.
36"H x 22"W x 23"D
A1372
$ 19,000.00
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A set of four French Art Deco armchairs, attributed to André Arbus, c.1935–1940. Each chair is built from solid sycamore (or close-grained light fruitwood) — French-polished to a warm honey...
A set of four French Art Deco armchairs, attributed to André Arbus, c.1935–1940. Each chair is built from solid sycamore (or close-grained light fruitwood) — French-polished to a warm honey tone that catches light along the moulded edges of the show-wood frame. The back is gently shield-shaped, upholstered front and rear, framed by a slender crested top rail that arches with the quiet curvature characteristic of Arbus's neoclassical vocabulary. The arms sweep down in a single uninterrupted curve from the back uprights, descending to ovoid arm pads before scrolling forward and rolling under to meet the front legs — a continuous line that reads as one drawn gesture rather than separate components. The seat rail is plain and unmoulded, allowing the wood to read as the principal ornament. Front legs are of tapered, slightly bowed sabre profile; rear legs splay outward in the matching Directoire-derived curve. The result is a chair that appears planted at rest yet ready to move — a hallmark of Arbus's reinterpretation of late-Empire and Louis-Philippe seating.
Currently upholstered in a period-sympathetic crimson silk damask with a stylised concentric-circle motif drawn from 1930s textile design. Re-upholstery in muslin, leather, or a contemporary plain weave is straightforward should the buyer prefer.
Reference: compare Arbus's seating published in Yves Badetz, André Arbus: Architecte-décorateur des années 40 (Éditions de l'Amateur, 1996), and related lots in Christie's Paris and Artcurial Mobilier XXe sales.
Currently upholstered in a period-sympathetic crimson silk damask with a stylised concentric-circle motif drawn from 1930s textile design. Re-upholstery in muslin, leather, or a contemporary plain weave is straightforward should the buyer prefer.
Reference: compare Arbus's seating published in Yves Badetz, André Arbus: Architecte-décorateur des années 40 (Éditions de l'Amateur, 1996), and related lots in Christie's Paris and Artcurial Mobilier XXe sales.