ANDRÉ GROULT (1884-1966) PAINTED SIDE CHAIR, CIRCA 1911pearwood, later-painted white, the moulded openwork back carved with a stylised basket of flowering roses above an upholstered seat on tapering legs (47cm wide, 87cm high, 42cm deep) Footnote: Literature: Marcilhac, Félix André Groult: Décorateur-Ensemblier du XXème Siècle, L'Amateur (French Edition) 1997, pp. 23 (illus. no.2); 26 (illus. no.1) and 40 (illus. no.1) Note: The stylised basket of flowers or fruit used on this piece became a characteristic motif in Groult's iconography.