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Tony Selmersheim desk

$39,500
£30,334.30
€34,762.74
CA$55,606.24
A$62,291.28
CHF 32,459.44
MX$759,825.08
NOK 412,484.99
SEK 388,943.95
DKK 259,459.54

About the Item

Created circa 1912, during the transitional years between French Art Nouveau and Art Deco, this desk by Tony Selmersheim is fabricated in pearwood and satinwood, with inlays of purpleheart and other exotic hardwoods. It is 51” wide x 30” deep x 28” high at the writing surface, 35” high at the top of the gallery. Selmersheim was awarded the Paris government's design/furnishings project for the Office of the President of the Conseil Municipal for City Hall in Paris in 1912. This desk is a variant of the one he created for that project. It has all the original keys. TONY SELMERSHEIM (2 June 1871 – 16 August 1971) French architect and designer, Tony Selmersheim (full name Joseph Paul Anthony Selmersheim) was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, and was the younger brother of Pierre Selmersheim. Tony Selmersheim designed for Julies Meier-Graefe at La Maison Moderne – whose showrooms presented displays in the Art Nouveau Style along with other renowned designers. Selmersheim partnered with Charles Plumet began showing furniture designs in 1897, and by the time of the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle, theirs had become the leading Art Nouveau company in Paris. In 1905 he designed an important range of furniture for the French Embassy in Vienna, the organ gallery of the Church of the Sacre-Coeur in Paris, and a number of offices. In 1912 he was awarded the design of the office of the president of the municipal council of Paris. Until 1935, he worked with L. Monteil and subsequently with his son, Andre Selmersheim, in Paris on a number of furniture designs in limited editions. He collaborated with his brother on the decoration and furniture for a first-class cabin on the 1935 oceanliner Normandie. “Studio Talk”, The Studio Magazine, Feb. 15, 1917
  • Creator:
    Tony Selmersheim (Designer)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 28 in (71.12 cm)Width: 51 in (129.54 cm)Depth: 30 in (76.2 cm)
  • Style:
    Art Deco (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
    1910-1919
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1912
  • Condition:
    Refinished.
  • Seller Location:
    Philadelphia, PA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: #18961stDibs: LU843743875782

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