RAYMOND SUBES (1891-1970) WROUGHT-IRON CRAFTSMAN - THE DESIG - Lot 234

RAYMOND SUBES (1891-1970) WROUGHT-IRON CRAFTSMAN - THE DESIGN OF THE MODEL ATTRIBUTED TO ANDRÉ ARBUS (1903-1969) BY THE MOBILIER NATIONAL Bouillotte, identical models made for the Marble Room at the Château de Rambouillet (presidential residence). Neoclassical salon lamp. The bowl-shaped base, faceted shaft and grip ring are in gilded and varnished bronze. The truncated cone-shaped lampshade is made of thick painted sheet metal; green on the outside, white on the inside, with gilded edges. Circa 1950. Wear and pitting to the bronze gilding, significant oxidation to the lampshade. H.55cm - D.28cm Public collections: Château de Rambouillet (Mobilier National) - Copies identical to our lamp are kept in this institution under inventory numbers GML-8154-001 to GML-8154-005 (5 lamps) in the marble room. Bibliography: - Plaisir de France - March 1954. Identical lamps can be seen in a photograph of the Marble Room at the Château de Rambouillet, decorated by André Arbus, reproduced on page 26. - Yvonne Bruhammer - André Arbus - Architecte-décorateur des années 1940 - Éditions Norma, Paris, 1996. Identical lamps can be seen in a photograph of the Salle de Marbres at Château de Rambouillet, decorated by André Arbus, reproduced on page 253. - Succession Madame Raymond Subes - Cannes Enchères, June 21 & 22, 2003. Two lamps identical to our model reproduced on page 46 under catalog numbers 584 and 585.