JEAN ROYÈRE (1902-1981) Trèfle, model designed around [1939]. Lounge chair. The front and back legs extend into tapered, slightly curvilinear uprights, made of mahogany varnished beech. Four-lobed seat and back upholstered in original mustard fabric. Circa 1950. Used condition, one leg detached, heavy damage to mahogany varnish and upholstery. Height: 82cm - Length: 48cm - Depth: 48cm Archives and related works: Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris - Identical models reproduced on projects by Jean Royère held in the collections of this institution under inventory numbers 48495.88, 48495.99, 48496.1, 48496.6, 48496.17, 48496.20, and 48499.47. Bibliography: - Le Décor d'Aujourd'hui - N° 37 of 1946. An identical model is reproduced on page 50, in the article "Décors de Jean Royère". - Plaisir de France - N° of April-May 1947. Identical models reproduced on page 54. - Plaisir de France - March 1949 issue. Identical models reproduced on page 35, in the article "Chez Jean Royère à Paris". - Le Décor d'aujourd'hui - N° 54, January 1950. Identical models reproduced on page 47. - Mobilier et Décoration - N° 7, October 1951. Identical models reproduced on page 22. - Ensembles mobiliers - Volume XI - Éditions Charles Moreau, Paris, 1951. Identical models reproduced on plate 15. - Ensembles mobiliers - Volume XII - Éditions Charles Moreau, Paris, 1952. Identical models reproduced on plates 19 and 20. - Mobilier et Décoration - September-October 1954 issue. Identical models reproduced on pages 310 and 311, in the article "Jean Royère et la passion des voyages". - Ensembles mobiliers - Volume XV - Éditions Charles Moreau, Paris, 1955. Identical models reproduced on plate 23. - Jean Royère, décorateur à Paris - Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris (October 8, 1999 - January 30, 2000), Éditions Norma / Union centrale des Arts décoratifs, Paris, 1999. Identical models reproduced on pages 16, 70 and 77, and on Royère drawings on pages 98 and 116. - Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier - Jean Royère - Éditions Norma, Paris, 2002. Identical models reproduced on pages 35, 146, 170, 211 and 271. - Jacques Lacoste & Patrick Seguin - Jean Royère, vol. 1 - Éditions Galerie Jacques Lacoste & Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris, 2012. Identical models reproduced on pages 72, 73, 103, 134, 192, 238 and 260. - Jacques Lacoste & Patrick Seguin - Jean Royère, vol. 2 - Editions Galerie Jacques Lacoste & Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris, 2012. Identical models reproduced in the model directory on page 54 and on drawings by Jean Royère on pages 302 to 305.