5th Aug, 2026 11:00

Design & Contemporary
 
Lot 45
 
Lot 45 - COMTE, Argentina
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COMTE, Argentina
Pair of 'Croisillon' table lamps

1935
Vellum parchemin, oak, tubular brass
Plug and switch with Stamped 'Argentina' marks
30cm high x 22cm wide x 22cm deep


Provenance:
The collection of Mo Amelia Teitelbaum
Mo is a collector, researcher and author who specialises in the period that Jean-Michel Frank spent in the South Americas. She has dedicated much of her life to researching this once forgotten and underappreciated time in Frank's period of creativity. It was in Argentina that his friendship with the Chillian patron, collector and muse Eugenia Errazuriz deepened and he met Ignacio Pirovano, the man he would go on to found COMTE with.
Mo has penned two fascinating books on this period of Frank's life; The Stylemakers, Minimalism and Classic Modernism 1915-1945 and Jean-Michel Frank, Une Aventure Sud-Américaine. Both much lauded by Jean-Michel Frank collectors and enthusiasts of this period of Design and Modernism.
Chiswick Auctions would like to thank the Mo for allowing us to present the current work to auction, we feel privileged to have the opportunity to offer such a rare and important piece of Jean-Michel Frank's design history.
Notes:

A Jean-Michel Frank design, these “Croisllon” table lamps were adapted by COMTE, and made circa 1935, for a collector with an apartment in the famous Art Deco Kavanagh Building, the tallest of its kind in Latin America at the time. The lobby was decorated with vellum panels from Frank’s company, Chanaux & Co, and furnished with Frank and Jean Royere models.

Jean-Michel Frank was the master of elegant classic minimalist interiors. He combined the fine lines and proportions of the late 18th century with a unique sense of modernism. The severity of modern linear design Frank tempered with warm, rich and rare materials such as shagreen, mica, straw marquetry and vellum.

Sold for £4,536

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