Icon! 1933 Luc Lanel Christofle Art Deco Silver Plate Tea /coffee Milk Sugar Set

  

A legendary 1933 tea service designed by LUC LANEL for Christofle. Three pieces (Tray is not part of the set, but only utilized for photography staging).

The "Panneaux Plisses" (Pleated Panels) design is quintessential French Art Deco, owing its streamline moderne elements to the luxury ocean liners that Christofle provided many first class table settings for, particularly the Normandie. The curves accentuated by the crisp vertical lines bears a striking resemblance to the A. The tea set is in the collection of Musee Boulhiet Christofle, and included in Bevis Hillier's seminal reference "bible": "The World Of Art Deco, " for the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Also featured in Dominique Forrest's book: LANEL, LUC AND MARJOLAINE (Norma Editions, page 38), METALLUNST VON JUGENDSTIL ZUR MODERNE" and Hachette's "150 ANS D' ORFEVERIE CHRISTOFLE.

This set epitomizes the Art Moderne style. LANEL was featured at the 1925 Exposition Des Arts Decoratifs and the Paris World's Fair of 1937. The three piece set comprises a teapot, milk jug, and sugar pot, all stamped with the Christofle hallmark. CONDITION: Overall quite good, with signs of wear commensurate with age and use. Typical dings here and there, wood handle has wear.

The one glaring flaw is that the sugar bowl lacks one of the two wooden end pieces. From some angles, this is not visible but is noticeable in others. Please also check our other listings! In the coming weeks, we will be offering several other prized 1920's - 1930's Art Deco pieces, including sculptures by ALEXANDRE OULINE, LUCIEN GIBERT, JEAN DE RONCOURT, MAX LE VERRIER, tea/coffee sets from CHRISTOFLE, PUIFORCAT flatware, goblets and cocktail set from Desny, Revere, Lurelle Guild for Kensington, and Chase, modernist paintings, a suite of cubist portraits / lithographs, African and tribal art, as well as a nice selection of furniture - a Machine Age Norman Bel Geddes for Simmons bedroom set, (dressers, bed, vanity / desk), tables and chairs by Wolfgang Hoffmann and Alfons Bach (Royalchrome, Lloyd). Also, a Paul Frankl inspired skyscraper coffee table, and small objects and figurines (Rosenthal, Hertwig Kathutte), as well as a shagreen/ leather screen custom created for the Baccarat Hotel, NYC.

We are also in process of posting nearly a dozen men's designer pieces (sunglasses, leather shoes, boots, sneakers, jackets, luggage, duffel bags, and sweaters) from Prada, Bottega Veneta, Hermes, Cartier, Dolce and Gabbana and Gucci - so if interested, please be certain to check back in the coming days. We just listed TWO sets of Bottega Veneta goatskin parchment suitcases / steamer trunks one from the estate of Vogue's ANDRE LEON TALLEY!