Vintage French Peacock Dressing Table by Gérard Rigot, 1992

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There is Art Deco, Art Nouveau; there is design, modernism… And then there are pieces that resist classification. Gérard Rigot’s … Read more There is Art Deco, Art Nouveau; there is design, modernism… And then there are pieces that resist classification. Gérard Rigot’s creations, as if drawn from a fable, most probably belong to that latter category.

Carved in wood and entirely hand-painted, this remarkable dressing table, flanked by two peacocks, emerges from Rigot’s enchanted bestiary, where furniture becomes sculpture.

Rigot’s characteristic use of colour — at times naturalistic, always expressive — animates the surface. The pivoting mirror, framed by a checkerboard border that still bears traces of the original pencil guidelines, appears to float between the birds’ necks. Below, carved and pierced details in vivid tones evoke a garden in bloom, while the slender front legs, painted with motifs recalling flowers or feathers, lend the piece a certain lightness and echo the accompanying stool.

The dressing table features two drawers in the front apron as well as two concealed compartments hidden beneath the peacocks’ tails This piece has an attribution mark,
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