Furniture / Jean-Michel Frank & Hermès, A beautiful sofa

Jean-Michel Frank  & Hermès, Très beau canapé
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Description

Jean-Michel Frank (1895-1941) & Hermès

«Confortable»

A three-seater sofa covered with black smooth calfskin on a natural beech structure on solid oak trapeze feet.
France.
The model conceived in the 1920s.
Stamped «J.M. Frank par Hermès»
Re-edited by Hermès, Paris.
This model produced in 2013.

 

Dimensions
Height : 79 cm (31 in.)    
Width : 220 cm (86 in.5/8)  
Depth : 88,7 cm (35 in.)

 

Literature
Léopold Diego Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank/Adolphe Chanaux, Les Editions du regard, Paris, 1980, pp.72, 91,108,115,155

Léopold Diego Sanchez, Jean-Michel Frank/Adolphe Chanaux, Les Editions du regard, 1997, pp.70,71,96,116,123,161,205

Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, L’étrange luxe du rien, Norma, Paris, 2006, pp.26,87,89,94,95,97,108,149,159,198,199,250,253
 

Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier, Jean-Michel Frank, Un décorateur dans le Paris des années 30, Norma, Paris, 2009, pp.8,25,28,29,59

 

Note
This beautiful model was acclaimed by many of Jean-Michel Frank’s famous clients. 
Among them, François Mauriac, Marie-Laure de Noailles, Templeton Crocker, Cole Porter.