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R.C. COQUERY & ÉMILE GUILLOT (1892-1960) - THONET (ÉDITEUR)

Estimate4 000 - 6 000
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R.C. COQUERY & ÉMILE GUILLOT (1892-1960) - THONET (PUBLISHER)
Modernist cabinet, model "B 290", circa 1935
Chromed tubular metal structure, enclosing on the right a large blackened wood cabinet, opening with two leaves with cylindrical handles, flanked on the left by two drawers suspended above a blackened wood shelf.

Errata: original handles, one handle fastener missing, some restorations, non-original key and locking system.

H. 130 cm, W. 150 cm, D. 60 cm
H. 51 1/8 in, W. 59 in, D. 23 5/8 in.
(Key, oxidation pitting, later drawer handles, some dents and wear)

A " B 290 " bookcase, c. 1935, chromed metal structure, blacken wood doors and drawers.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Christopher Wilk, "Thonet, 150 years of furnitures", New York, 1980, similar model reproduced on pp. 109 and 111.
- Alexander Von Vegesack and Dr. Sonja Günther,
Stahlrohr-Möbel Steckkartenkatalog, published by Vitra
Museum, Weil am Rhein, 1989, similar model reproduced under no. B 290.