EUGÈNE PRINTZ (1879-1948) Éventail dit aussi Mouchoir, model presented at the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs, Paris, 1928 Rare walnut-veneered system coffee table with three articulated elements forming bookcases. Each diamond-shaped element has a recessed crotch shelf on the vertical uprights. The bases and tops are of the same dimensions and thickness. Tops finished with a slight bevel around the edge. The four bronze turntables, each with a step, secured by visible screws. Circa 1930. Condition of use, sunstains in places on the veneer, stains on one of the bases. Closed: Height: 60cm - Length: 69cm - Width: 59,5cm Open: Height: 60cm - Length: 180cm - Width: 34cm Provenance : One of a pair, part of a decoration made in the 1930s for a private mansion in Vichy (Allier). The other table, forming a pair with our work, was sold by the current owner's sister (also heiress) in the 2010s through an Anglo-Saxon auction house. Bibliography: - Petits Meubles du jour - Éditions Charles Moreau, Paris, circa 1930. Identical model reproduced on plates 9 and 13. - Nouveaux Intérieurs français - 2nd series - Éditions Charles Moreau, Paris, circa 1934. Identical model reproduced on plate 16. - Mobilier et Décoration - November 1934. Identical model reproduced on page 411. - L'Art vivant - Special June 1934 issue devoted to Decorators of Today . Identical model, with wood species variation, reproduced on page 223. -Guy Bujon and Jean-Jacques Dutko - Printz- Éditions du Regard, Paris, 1986. Identical model and wood variants reproduced on pages 132, 133, 137, 249.