Pair of 'Mouche' Wall Lights, Model LA548, circa 1923

patinated wrought iron, alabaster
7⁷⁄₈ x 9⁷⁄₈ x 4¹⁄₈ in (20 x 25 x 10.5 cm) (each)

Christie's, New York, 7 June 2024, lot 34
Acquired from the above by the present owner

I. Rambosson, "Un Grand Hôtel à Tours," Art et décoration, February 1928, pp. 38-39
P. Migennes, "Sur deux Ensembles de P. Chareau," Art et décoration, May 1932, p. 129
R. Herbst, Pierre Chareau: un inventeur, l’architecte, Paris, 1954, pp. 62-63, 74, 99
M. Vellay and K. Frampton, Pierre Chareau: Architecte-meublier 1883-1950, Paris, 1984, pp. 74-78, 88-89, 95, 101, 210, 294, 330, 333
C. Boutonnet, C. Boutonnet, and R. Ortiz, Pierre Chareau, exh. cat., L’Arc en Seine, Paris, 1991, pp. 52-53
B. Brace Taylor, Pierre Chareau: Designer and Architect, Cologne, 1992, p. 90
Pierre Chareau: ou le meuble en mouvement, exh. cat., Galerie Jacques de Vos, Paris, 1993, pp. 33, 48, 50-51
Pierre Chareau: architecte, un art intérieur, exh. cat., Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1993, pp. 157, 167, 173-174 (for drawings), 194-195
A. Duncan, Art Deco Complete, London, 2009, p. 26
D. Doria, Pierre Chareau: Un architecte moderne de Paris à New York, Paris, 2016, pl. AIII, no. 21 (for a drawing)
E. da Costa Meyer, Pierre Chareau: Modern Architecture and Design, exh. cat., Jewish Museum, New York, 2016, pp. 24, 32, 44, 61, 68 (for a drawing), 133, 136-137
M. Bédarida and F. Lamond, Pierre Chareau, Volume 1: Biographie, Expositions, Mobilier, Paris, 2023, pp. 33, 124, 132-133, 269, 276-277, 332-333
M. Bédarida and F. Lamond, Pierre Chareau, Volume 2: Architecture Intérieure, Architecture, Paris, 2023, pp. 20 (for a drawing), 79, 89-90, 95, 112-113, 136, 148-151