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SPECTACULAR ART DECO ELEVATOR DOORS.
IN THE MANNER OF RAYMOND SUBES.
WONDERFUL AS A FOLDING SCREEN, ROOM DIVIDER OR DOOR INSERT.
ELEGANT AND IMPORTANT, CLASSIC ART DECO ELEMENTS WITH A FRENCH FLAIR.
A VARIETY OF TEXTURES WERE USED IN THESE DOORS: SMOOTH, HAMMERED AND LINEAR
PATTERN,
AS SHOWN IN THE PHOTO ABOVE.
ONE DOOR OF EACH PAIR
HAVE THE ORIGINAL HANDLES WITH THE STEPPED ART DECO DETAILING, SHOWN ABOVE.
75” TALL, 25” WIDE, EACH DOOR.
IN VERY GOOD AS FOUND CONDITION, OUTSTANDING QUALITY.
ITEM # AGIW1: $ 22,000. per pair,
$ 11,000 FOR THE SINGLE.
WE HAVE 2 PAIR OF THESE GREAT PANELS AVAILABLE. ONE SINGLE.
ABOUT:
RAYMOND SUBES
(FRENCH 1893-1970)
SUBES IS ONE OF THE MOST RENOWNED FRENCH METALWORKER OF THE ART DECO PERIOD.
HE BECAME DIRECTOR OF THE METAL WORKSHOP,
BRODEREL & ROBERT, A MAJOR ARCHITECTURAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, IN 1919.
MOST OF HIS WORK WAS ON GOVERNMENT COMMISSIONS, SUCH AS THE NORMANDIE,
AND OTHER IMPORTANT OCEAN LINERS OF THE PERIOD.
SUBES INITIALLY WORKED IN WROUGHT IRON, OCCASIONALLY IN BRONZE AND COPPER.
BY THE 1930'S HE WAS ALSO WORKING IN ALUMINUM AND OXIDIZED OR LACQUERED STEEL.
UNFORTUNATELY, RAYMOND SUBES' COMMERCIAL WORK IS DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY,
AS IT WAS UNSIGNED AND OFTEN INCORPORATED INTO FIXTURES
SUCH AS BUILDING FACADES, BALUSTRADES AND FURNITURE MOUNTS.
HIS NATURALISTIC AND FLUID STYLE ARE RELIED UPON FOR IDENTIFICATION.
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