Paul POIRET (1879-1944 / decorator) & Charles BLANCHE (1 - Lot 153

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40000 - 50000 EUR
Paul POIRET (1879-1944 / decorator) & Charles BLANCHE (1 - Lot 153
Paul POIRET (1879-1944 / decorator) & Charles BLANCHE (1863-1937 / architect) Bathroom in pink and gray marble, mirrored glass mosaic, Plexiglas tiles and carved wood, approx. 10m2, comprising a white enameled bathtub under an alcove with two niches on the right and left sides, a single washbasin with two faucets and a brass drain head, a mirror with painted wood frame, four rounded corner doors and two doors carved with flowers and stylized foliage at the back of the bathroom with ogee-shaped body repainted in silver (small chips, repaints, restorations and missing parts). Also included are separate elements forming part of the floor, the arches above the bathtub and the marble slab radiator cover. Dimensions : H. 275.5 cm - W. 300 cm - D. 336.5 cm History: Bathroom designed for the mansion of Marie-Louise de Lévis-Mirepoix, née Nicolay, Princesse de Robech, located at 5, rue Charles Lamoureux in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The building was designed in 1910 by architect Charles Blanche. The Princesse de Robech, who remained a widow for many years, was a prominent figure in Parisian society. She was a friend of the Duc and Duchesse d'Orléans and the Duc and Duchesse de Sabran. She lived in Paris at her hotel on rue Charles Lamoureux (16th arrondissement) and at the châteaux of Brumare, which came from the Robech family, and of Malesherbes (Loiret), which came from the Lévis family and was preserved until her death on September 30, 1997. Provenance: bathroom recovered on site at 5, rue Charles Lamoureux in the early 2000s by the current owner. Bibliography: - Yvonne Deslandres and Dorothée Lalanne, "Poiret", Paris, Éditions du Regard, 1986, door model featuring the same decoration reproduced on p. 204 and p. 267 on a view of the interior of Paul Poiret's salons on the Champs-Élysées. - Paul Laroche, "Salles de bains", Art et Décoration, April 1931, similar model of faucets by A & G Perret published by Capet, reproduced at the top of the page, p. 98. - Art et Décoration, 2nd sem. 1924, p. 36 [Album Maciet, 236-52, Intérieurs d'appartements, XXe siècle, France, Artistes] for a photograph of a mosaic bathroom by Atelier Martine. - Photographs of a vestibule and a dining room in the interior of a 1930 building by Charles Blanche, with an architectural structure similar to that of our bathroom (in Marbra papier-carton) in the Maciet albums [Album Maciet, 236-52, Intérieurs d'appartements, XXe siècle, France, Artistes].
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