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TitleDesk and armchairs

Creator nameDufet, Michel

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleDesigner

Creation date1930–1931

Object typeFurniture

MaterialsPalmwood and burl ash; upholstered with phython and shark skin

LocationMusée d'Arts Moderne de la Ville de Paris

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsFurniture design--France--History--20th centuryExoticism in artSeating (Furniture)

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5. At the Fairs

Romy Golan

Modernity and Nostalgia: Art and Politics in France between the Wars

In the midst of the Depression, two colossal world fairs – the 1931 Exposition Coloniale Internationale de Paris and the 1937 Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne...

Author

Romy Golan

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.105-136

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-23853&redirecttoanchor=103537

Chapter subject tags:Exposition coloniale internationale de Paris (1931)Exposition internationale (1937 : Paris, France)France--Politics and government--20th centuryFrance--ColoniesArt decoArt and society--France--History--20th centuryLe Corbusier, 1887-1965Ozenfant, Amédée, 1886-1966Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--France--History

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