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Art Deco Silver Plate Tennis Racket Bookends, France, Circa 1940

Description
A pair of bookends, cast in silver-plated metal and designed as a tribute to the game of tennis. Each bookend takes the form of an arched, tombstone-shaped upright plate, against which a finely detailed tennis racquet is mounted at a dynamic diagonal angle — its strung head rendered in an openwork lattice pattern, the handle finished with a ribbed, wrapped-grip texture true to the sport's period equipment. A small spherical tennis ball rests at the base of each piece, completing the still-life composition.

The pair would have made a fitting decorative or presentation gift for a tennis enthusiast's library or study, characteristic of the sporting-themed objets de vertu popular in France at the time — depicting the game with both wit and craftsmanship.
Made in France. Circa: 1940.

Origin:	France
Period:	1920-1949
Materials:	Silver-platted Metal
Condition:	Good.
Styles / Movements:	Art Deco, Modern, Minimalist
Patterns:	Contemporary/Modern, Geometric, Modern
Dealer Reference #:	A1569
Incollect Reference #:	879002

W.	3.75 in;	H.	5.5 in;	D.	3 in;
W.	9.53 cm;	H.	13.97 cm;	D.	7.62 cm;

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