Furniture from Pierre Chareau’s Maison de Verre is Heading to Auction

Published on 05 October 2021, by Nicolas Bousser

Auction on 07 October 2021 - 14:00 (CEST) - 9, avenue Matignon - 75008 Paris

Almost ninety years after Pierre Chareau designed the modernist home for Jean and Annie Dalsace, the Maison de Verre continues to fascinate. A part of its furnishings and paintings are about to be auctioned.

Pierre Chareau (1883-1950). Table "MB 106" with four elements, c. 1924, walnut, Macassar... Furniture from Pierre Chareau’s Maison de Verre is Heading to Auction

Pierre Chareau (1883-1950). Table "MB 106" with four elements, c. 1924, walnut, Macassar ebony and brass veneer, open: 63 x 66 x 106 cm/24.8 x 25.9 x 41.7 in; closed: 63 x 66 x 39 cm/24.8 x 25.9 x 15.35 in.
Estimate: €60,000/80,000

The descendants of Jean and Annie Bernheim-Dalsace have entrusted Christie’s, Paris, with the task of selling part of their prestigious collection, which has remained in the family since the couple’s death. Some sixty pieces of furniture designed by Pierre Chareau, a close friend of the couple, constitute the bulk of this extremely high-quality catalog of 116 lots. Between 1928…

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