manufactured by Établissements Neveu, France
mahogany, fabric upholstery, gilt bronze
34 x 22¹⁄₈ x 19 in. (86.5 x 56 x 48 cm) (each)
each impressed NEVEU

S.S. Normandie, Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, circa 1935-1939
Bonhams, New York, 14 December 2011, lot 3193

J. Baschet, "L'Oeuvre décorative de 'Normandie'," L'Illustration, no. 93, 1 June 1935, n.p.
L. Reade, "The French Line Quadruple-screw Turbo-electric North Atlantic Steamship: Normandie," Ocean Liners of the Past: No. 5 in a series of reprints from 'The Shipbuilder & Marine Engine Builder', Greenwich, 1970, p. 118, fig. 2, and pl. IX (for period photographs of the First-Class Dining Hall)
B. Foucart, and al., Normandie: Queen of the Seas, New York, 1985, pp. 152 (for a period photograph of the Gala dinner on board while in New York, June 5, 1935), 163 (for a period photograph of The Captain’s Table, with Germaine Aussey on the right, October 1, 1937)
Y. Masutani, and al., Fantastic Voyage: Luxury and Sophistication on the Ocean Liners, Osaka, 1996, p. 72, no. P31 (for a period photograph of the First-Class Dining Room), 73, no. 66
J. Maxtone-Graham, Normandie: France's Legendary Art Deco Ocean Liner, New York, 2007, pp. 74-75, 80, 129 (for period photographs of the First-Class Dining Room), 86
F. Ollivier, A. Perroy, and F. Sénant, À bord des paquebots: 50 Ans d'arts décoratifs, Paris, 2011, pp. 208, 210 (for period photographs of the First-Class Dining Room)
J. Goss, French Art Deco, New York, 2014, pp. 160–161, 246, no. 44, 260, no. 44
A. Duncan, French Art Deco, New York, 2014, p. 160

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This model can be found in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (inv. no. 1976.414.1).