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Expanding Coffee Table in Mahogany by Jean-Michel Frank

Creator: Jean-Michel Frank
Offered by: BAC

Description
Expandable coffee table by Jean-Michel Frank (1895-1941), having a “tric-trac” folding mechanism that doubles the table’s size, with cut-out style legs in the Regency taste and original leather insets on expanded top (figured veneer on outer); mahogany; Comte, 1937-early 1940s

(c.f.: Gallery BAC, Jean-Michel Frank in Argentina, New York, 2010, pgs. 26, 28, 31; Mo Amelia Teitelbaum, The Stylemakers: Minimalism and Classic Modernism 1915-1945, London, 2010, pgs. 133, 139, 145; Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, New York, 2008, pg. 168; Léopold Diego Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank: Adolphe Channaux, Paris, 1980, pgs. 189, 190, 191)

More Information

Documentation:	Documented elsewhere (exact item)
Origin:	Argentina
Period:	1920-1949
Materials:	Mahogany, leather
Condition:	Good.
Styles / Movements:	Modern
Incollect Reference #:	762253

Dimensions

H.	18 in;	D.	43 in;
H.	45.72 cm;	D.	109.22 cm;

Open W.	31.5 in;	Closed W.	15.25 in;
Open W.	80.01 cm;	Closed W.	38.74 cm;

Message from Seller:

A premiere design gallery for over two decades, BAC offers an unparalleled collection of fine 20th century European antiques selected with a connoisseur’s eye and an historian's rigor. Specializing in the very best of French and Nordic decorative arts and furnishing, BAC features work by design masters such as Jean-Michel Frank, Jean Royère, Axel Einar Hjorth, and Kaare Klint, as well as pieces by lesser known talents, chosen for their intrinsic quality and beauty.