JEAN-MICHEL FRANK (1895–1941)
‘Chauffeuse’ chair in hand-sanded oak and wool canvas fabric with a perimeter belt of nails, circa 1930
Stamped ‘CHANAUX & Co’, ‘J.M.FRANK’ and numbered 14954 on the underside
83 cm high × 48,5 cm wide × 59 deep, Seating height 45 cm - 32,6 × 19 ×23,2 in., Seating height 17,7 in.
Bibliography: P.–E. Martin–Vivier, ‘Jean-Michel Frank: l’étrange luxe du
rien’, Paris, Norma Editions, 2006, pages 45–46, 58, 156, 261, 288, and 368.
This chair is offered with a certificate of authenticity from the Comité Jean–Michel Frank
