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Iconic "Retour à l'ordre" Bateau Daybed Veneered in Parchment by André Arbus

Creator: André Arbus
Offered by: BAC

Description
André Arbus (1903-1969) was born into a two generation cabinetmaking family. After attending the École des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse, he worked as an independent designer and architect, setting up a Paris workshop in 1932, where, like Jules Leleu and Jacques Ruhlmann, he worked in a refined and rigorous mode, designing furniture with elegant and somewhat mannered lines.

After the “Great War,” a phenomenon called “retour à l’ordre” (the term is said to derive from the book of essays by Jean Cocteau, Le rappel a l’ordre, published in 1926) manifested in French art, architecture and the decorative arts in which the extremes of the pre-war avant-garde were supplanted with a return to more traditional modes, largely classisicm. Arbus was one of the most important furniture designers of this period, and reinterpretation of classical forms is a dominant theme in his work.This daybed model was exhibited by Arbus at the Pavilion of the Société des Artistes Décorateurs in 1937.

Literature:
Yvonne Brunhammer, André Arbus: Architecte-Décorateur des Années 40, Paris, 1996, pg. 124

More Information

Origin:	France
Period:	1920-1949
Materials:	Shagreen, wood
Condition:	Excellent.
Creation Date:	1930s
Styles / Movements:	Modern, Art Deco
Incollect Reference #:	257540

Dimensions

W.	85 in;	H.	32 in;	D.	32 in;	H.2.	17 in;
W.	215.9 cm;	H.	81.28 cm;	D.	81.28 cm;	H.2.	43.18 cm;

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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.