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  Pierre-Emile Legrain (attr.) Pair of French Art Deco drop and roll front cabinets c. 1927

  PIERRE-EMILE LEGRAIN attr.  (1889-1929)  France

  Matching Cabinets (pair)   c. 1927

  Golden cerused oak, roll-front and drop front doors,
  original brass keys, reeded base

  Provenance: Felix Marcilhac, Paris

  For more information on Legrain see: Pierre-Emile Legrain 1889-1929 (Paris: exh. cat. Galerie Jacques de Vos,1996); Union des Artistes Modernes, Arlette Barré-Despond (Paris: Editions du Regard, 1986) 119-120.

  H: 50 1/2 ” x W: 23 1/2” x D: 11 1/2”

  The Art Deco movement centered in early 20th-century Paris sought to bridge the transition from academic art and craftsmanship to modern art and industrial production. Regarded by some as one of its founders, Pierre-Emile Legrain (1889-1929) worked at a time of great ferment in art, as well as in society. Legrain’s curiosity and receptiveness to these changes led him to adapt forms, materials and techniques from other cultures.

  Legrain created two distinct bodies of work: an assemblage of approximately 1,200 bookbinding designs and a much smaller production of furniture made for couturiers in the French fashion trade. Both artistic endeavors shared fine craftsmanship, masterful use of rare and expensive materials, unusual combinations of textures and surfaces, and spare, geometrical forms. Nearly all of his creations were one-of-a-kind.

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