Jean Royère (1902-1981) 'Mon coeur balance' drinks cabinet, with a bar, four swing chairs, three sconces and fourteen bottle holders

Jean Royère (1902-1981)
'Mon coeur balance' drinks cabinet, with a bar, four swing chairs, three sconces and fourteen bottle holders
Pine wood, lacquered iron, rope and fabric
Model created in 1954 and exhibited at the Salon des Artistes-Décorateurs, Paris
Bar: L 300 X W 175 cm
Chairs: H 225 X L 62 X W 30 cm
Provenance:
- Artist's family collection
-Artcurial, Art Déco, December 1st, 2009, lot 151
- Aquicred from the latter by the current owner, private European Collection
Bibliography:
- Jean Royère, Décorateur à Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs / Ed. Norma, 2000, preparatory drawing for the 'Mon coeur balance' bar for a youth hostel in the Alps, annotated 'ARTISTES DECORATEURS 1954', illustrated p. 106
- Jean Royère, P. -E. Martin-Vivier, Ed. Norma, 2017, this model at the Salon des Artistes-Décorateurs of 1954, p. 103; in situ archive picture with Jean Royère in an 'Oeuf' metal armchair, illustrated p. 164