Jean ROYÈRE (1902-1981). Suite of three nesting tables in patinated gilded iron, transparent white glass tops with original mirror-backed borders (slight crack to one corner). Height 40 cm - Top: 50.3 x 29.7 cm We will provide the purchaser with a photocopy of invoice no. 2842 from Maison Jean Royère, dated April 21, 1961. Bibliography: Jacques Lacoste Patrick Seguin, "Jean Royère, vol. 1" Éditions Galerie Jacques Lacoste Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris, 2012, rep. pp. 26, 31 and 32 and on a period photograph rep. p. 270 ; - Jacques Lacoste Patrick Seguin, "Jean Royère, vol. 2", Éditions Galerie Jacques Lacoste Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris, 2012, similar model rep. p.70 and on a period drawing rep. p. 197 ; - Jean Royère "Catalogue de l'exposition Galerie Jacques Lacoste", Paris, 1999, similar models ref. pp. 102 and 105 - Catherine and Stéphane de Beyrie "Jean Royère", Éditions, Galerie de Beyrie New-York, 2000, similar model, item no. p. 42 ; - Art Décoration - N° 62, novembre 1957", similar model, p. 24; - Jacques Lacoste "Jean-Royère, ligne-forme-couleur", presented at Galerie Jacques Lacoste in collaboration with Galerie Patrick Seguin, Éditions Galerie Jacques Lacoste, similar model, p. 149. Note: Driven since childhood by a taste for decoration, Jean Royère radically changed his life at the age of 29, leaving Le Havre and the business world for, as he put it, "Paris and that of the Faubourg, the Faubourg Saint-Antoine". He joined Maison Gouffé through a friend in 1934, which enabled him to exhibit at the Salon d'Automne and the Salon de la Société des artistes décorateurs. After only two years' experience, he won the competition to install and furnish a large brasserie on the Champs-Elysées. This project launched his reputation. He was subsequently entrusted with numerous projects, including the interior fittings for the famous Le Fouquet's restaurant on the Champs-Élysées, and the fitting out of the private apartments of the captain of the ocean liner France. His world remains unique, distinguished by his choice of a wide range of materials, including wood, metal and straw. Part of his inspiration comes from nature, as illustrated by his famous "liane" floor lamp, which he presented at the 1959 Salon des artistes décorateurs. Appraisal by Mr. Jean-Marc MAURY - 06 85 30 36 66 - maury.expert@wanadoo.fr