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Armchair & dressing table
Artist: Marcel Breuer (1902 - 1981)
Location: Victoria and Albert Museum
Date: 1) 1935; 2) 1935-1936
Materials: 1) sycamore veneered plywood; 2) sycamore veneered plywood & mirrors & chromium plated handles
Dimensions: 1) 77.5 x 89 x 85cm; 2) 157.5 x 116 x 38.2cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £43,019 (Total: £86,038)
Vendor: Unknown
Review number: 5318 (2003)
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Provenance:
Commissioned by Dorothea Ventris for Highpoint, Highgate, London, 1936; moved by Michael Ventris to Hampstead; sold with house to John Renton; Sotheby's.
Description:
The armchair has a rectangular re-upholstered back and seat cushions enclosed within cut-out side panels, each fitted with a loop shape with the top forming the armrest and the bottom forming a shelf for cocktails. The dressing table comprises a tall wall mounted mirror flanked by two circular hinged viewing mirrors. Below are two drawer units, one four drawer, and one seven drawer with D-form chromium plated handles.
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