The andré arbus collecTion 25
no. 7359
André Arbus designed this table for a study at le Château de Rambouillet, the summer residence for the
President of the French Republic. A striking example of modernism, the Chateau Table speaks to not only
luxury materials and superb finishes but also the optimism of postwar France. A brass Moravian star rises
above two paths at cross purposes to one another. The Advent star, long manufactured in a single shop that
was destroyed at the close of the war, is reintroduced by Arbus in the grandest style of the French – in the
very place from which Charles de Gaulle began his ride to a liberated Paris – and emerges as an iconic motif.
Circa 1947.
A black and gold marble top contrasts with a brass edge banding and a delicate rope detail. The pedestal
swells to a accommodate a star finial in cast brass. Short, flaring feet.
h 25.75" dia 16.75"
steel, brass and marble | moderne brass finish with traditional brass rope and star
black and gold marble top | brass star ornament at base
chateau table
