DIM (MODERN INTERIOR DESIGN) - RENÉ JOUBERT (1885-1931) & PHILIPPE PETIT (1885-1945) Loupe d'Amboine, stingray and nickel-plated metal, circa 1928, very probably one of a kind Exceptional modernist bed in Amboine burl veneer. The headboard, with a concave center section, houses two adjoining bedside cabinets, each with a niche fully lined with original stingray tiles, a shutter and a nickel-plated metal retractable light arm; one equipped with a pull, the other with a drawer, the pull knobs square and in carved ivory. The foot is enriched in the center with a truncated trapezoid section. The head, long sides and feet rest on a doucine base trimmed with nickel-plated metal. Condition as used, with minor veneer chips, scattered accidents and chips, and oxidation on the nickel-plated parts. Overall: H. 100 cm - L. 291 cm - W. 215 cm Bibliography and related works Originally, this bed was accompanied by a pedestal table in Amboine burl veneer, the top sheathed in shagreen, a lacquered variant of which is reproduced on page 190 of the May 1928 issue of Mobilier et Décoration in an article entitled Ensembles et meubles by René Joubert and OH. Petit published by DIM and written by G. Rémon.