March Fine Classic Sale
Lot 89:
Description
Exceptional Raymond Subes Patinated Wrought Iron and Marble Center Table, 20th Century
The table is base stamped ‘R.S’. and therefore attributed to Raymond Subes.
Subes worked with several architects and quickly became one of the best metalwork designers and makers. In the 1920s, he worked a lot with wrought iron, making things like the cathedral’s pulpit in Rouen, the grilles of the choir entry at the church of Saint-Germain-des-Pres, and the telescoping lights on the Carousel bridge in Paris.He also made a lot of ironwork for the Oceanliners 1931 Atlantique, 1926 Ile-de-France, Pasteur, and 1935 Normandie. He also made ironwork for the Banque de France and National City Bank, both on the avenue des Champs-Elysées, and for the Institut Pasteur, Caisse des Dépots et Consignations, Musée de la France d’Outre.He mostly used patinated, chromed, or gilded wrought iron, polished steel, bronze, and repoussé copper in his work. He used alabaster, Levantine marble, frosted glass, and embroidered silk shades, which Mme. Luhuché-Meéry made for him in the early 1920s. In the 1930s, he made furniture out of chrome-plated tubular metal for Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann and architect Alfred Porteneuve. In 1931, he made a grille for the Permanent Colonial Museum.
*{However, an almost identical table was previously offered by Robert Zehil gallery in monaco and was there attributed to Edgar Brandt: For reference, that table was described as "AN “ANTIQUE” CONSOLE, CIRCA 1925 Patinated wrought iron, steel and marble, 92 cm. high, 150 cm. wide and 45 cm. deep Exhibition: Tamara De Lempicka, Reina del Art Deco, Palacio de Gaviria, Madrid, 5 October 2018-24 February 2019 Bibliography Edgar Brandt catalogue, circa 1926. Gioia Mori, Tamara De Lempicka, Reina del Art Deco, Palacio de Gaviria, Madrid, 5 October 2018-24 February 2019, Arthemisia Books, p. 83.}
40 x 59 x 28 in. (101.6 x 149.9 x 71.1 cm.)
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Condition: nice
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