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Robert Mallet-Stevens - Chair of the villa Cavrois - 1930 / reedition 1978<br/> © madd-bordeaux - L. Gauthier

object n°01

Chair by Robert Mallet-Stevens

CAPC depot

This chair, rediscovered in the 1980s, is attributed to Robert Mallet-Stevens (Paris 1886 - Paris 1945): a similar one appears in a photo of the kitchen of the villa of M. Cavrois, in Croix near Lille, for which the architect designed the project and the entire layout. The huge villa was commissioned in 1929 and delivered in 1932.

It owes its emergence from anonymity to the interior designer Andrée Putman, who in 1978 created the Ecart agency and reissued rare pieces from the 1930s and 1940s. The chair she edited was based on the Villa Cavrois model in various colours, black and white. It was then seen in several of Andrée Putman's projects, such as the CAPC in Bordeaux in 1984, when it was refurbished by Valode & Pistre and the Ecart agency. The finish chosen for the CAPC is an anthracite grey epoxy lacquer.

object n°01 (pdf)

previous objects of the month

object n°16

Gift of the Viscount of Pelleport-Burète, 1927 - Inv 1085

object n°15

Gift of Eulalie Gouzenne, 1959 - Inv 59.7.3

object n°14

Beautiran Canvas

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object n°13

The little secret cabinet by Alphonse Giroux

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object n°12

Album of drawings from the library of the Duchess of Berry at Rosny Castle

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object n°11

Wine fountain, Bacchus child sitting on a barrel

Purchase from the City of Bordeaux, 1959 - Inv 59.3.1

object n°10

"Thinking Man's chair"

Fnac deposit, 2009 - Inv D 2009.3.6

object n°09

Statuettes of CAB

Purchase from the City of Bordeaux, 1986 - Inv 86.3.1 & 86.3.2

object n°08

Paintings of Jules Vieillard and his wife

Gift of Viscount and Viscountess Alain de Baritault du Carpia, 2012 - Inv 2012.5.1 & 2012.5.2

object n°07

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XVIIth century

object n°06

The Montesquieu bust

1767

object n°05

XVIIe siècle

object n°04

Pair of urns decorated with seditious images

Legs d'André Lataillade, 1969 - Inv 69.3.198 & 69.3.199

object n°03

Ornelental vase, Manufacture Jules vieillard & Cie, Bordeaux

Late 19th century

object n°02

One_chair by Konstantin Grcic

2004

object n°01

Chair by Robert Mallet-Stevens

CAPC depot