Seating Dining and Side

Gallery BAC solid cuts of cherry with carved detailing, having two round tapering front legs with tassel shaped tops and sabered back legs and S-form frame with rolled back

Exquisite pair of chairs with carving in cherry by Armand-Albert Rateau

Exquisite pair of boudoir/side chairs by Armand-Albert Rateau (1882-1938), in solid cuts of cherry with carved detailing, having two round tapering front legs with tassel shaped tops and sabered back legs and S-form frame with rolled back, overall sinuous modeling, France, 1920s.

This model appears in photographs of the interior of Lanvin’s boutique at 16 rue Boissy-d’Anglas. (c.f.: Hélène Guéné, Décoration et haute couture: Armand Albert Rateau pour Jeanne Lanvin, Paris, Les Arts Décoratifs, 2006, pgs 64, 65)

Single chair available also.

Armand-Albert Rateau,
France, 1920s

H 32 in. (82 cm)
W 18 in. (46 cm)
D 19 in. (48 cm)
SEAT H 17 in. (43 cm)
SEAT D 15.25 (39 cm)

  • Gallery BAC solid cuts of cherry with carved detailing, having two round tapering front legs with tassel shaped tops and sabered back legs and S-form frame with rolled back
  • Gallery BAC solid cuts of cherry with carved detailing, having two round tapering front legs with tassel shaped tops and sabered back legs and S-form frame with rolled back
  • Gallery BAC solid cuts of cherry with carved detailing, having two round tapering front legs with tassel shaped tops and sabered back legs and S-form frame with rolled back
  • Gallery BAC solid cuts of cherry with carved detailing, having two round tapering front legs with tassel shaped tops and sabered back legs and S-form frame with rolled back
  • Gallery BAC solid cuts of cherry with carved detailing, having two round tapering front legs with tassel shaped tops and sabered back legs and S-form frame with rolled back
  • Gallery BAC solid cuts of cherry with carved detailing, having two round tapering front legs with tassel shaped tops and sabered back legs and S-form frame with rolled back
  • Gallery BAC solid cuts of cherry with carved detailing, having two round tapering front legs with tassel shaped tops and sabered back legs and S-form frame with rolled back