Oval dining table in walnut veneer ; opens in its center to accommodate extensions.

Circa 1922-1923.

Height : 74 cm – Length : 167 cm – Depth : 115 cm

Length with extensions: 301 cm

Exhibition and related work:

12th Salon des Artistes Décorateurs – Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Palais du Louvre, Pavillon de Marsan, from March 4 to April 17, 1921. A slight variation of our table model was presented at this event.

Bibliography:

- André Fréchet – Intérieurs modernes, Mobilier et décoration – Charles Moreau Editions, Paris, circa 1920. Slight variation reproduced on plate 14.

- Société des Artistes Décorateurs – Catalogue du XIIe Salon – Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Palais du Louvre, Pavillon de Marsan (March 4 – April 17, 1921). Francis Jourdain's dining room, exhibited at this event, which features a variation of our table model, is mentioned on page 76 and referenced under number 132 in the catalogue.

- Art & Décoration – No. 4 of April 1921. The model presented at the 12thSalon des Artistes Décorateurs reproduced on page 105.

- Architettura e Arti Decorative – No. 3 of November 1923. Slight variation reproduced on page 116.

- Henri Clouzot – Le Style moderne dans la décoration intérieure –Charles Massin Editions, Paris, circa 1925. A slight variation reproduced on plate 21.

- Répertoire du goût moderne – No. 1 of 1928, Albert Levy Editions, Paris. A drawing of the model, with a variation on the legs and a round top, reproduced on plate 22.

- Arlette Barré-Despond – Jourdain – Éditions du Regard, Paris, 1988. The model exhibited at the 12th Salon des Artistes Décorateurs, reproduced on page 272.

- Francis Jourdain, Un parcours moderne 1876-1958 – Catalogue of the travelling exhibition organised at the Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi (March 25 – June 4 2000); at the Musée-bibliothèque Pierre André Benoît, Alès (June 24 juin – September 3); at the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Saint-Denis (September 22 – December 18 2000); and at the Musée d’Art et d’Industrie, Roubaix (January – April 2001), Paris, Somogy Editions, 2000. A slight variation reproduced on pages 72–73; a drawing of the model, with a round tabletop, reproduced on page 71.

- Francis Jourdain, mobilier – Galerie Doria Editions, Paris, 2005.  Slight variation reproduced on plate 49.