Compagnie Des Arts Francais
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Steel
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Side Tables
Steel
Early 20th Century Art Deco Books
Paper
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco More Desk Accessories
Silver Plate, Brass, Chrome
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Wall Lights and Sconces
Bronze
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Iron
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Carts and Bar Carts
Brass
20th Century French Art Deco Paintings
Wood
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Steel
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Brass
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vanities
Metal, Brass
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Mahogany
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Wardrobes and Armoires
Oak
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Leather
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Table Lamps
Porcelain
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Marble, Nickel
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Wood
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Floor Lamps
Brass
20th Century French Porcelain
Porcelain
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Pitchers
Silver Plate
Vintage 1950s French Modern Bookcases
Metal, Brass
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Sheffield and Silverplate
Silver Plate
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Sheffield and Silverplate
Silver Plate
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Sheffield and Silverplate
Silver Plate
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Tables
Bronze
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Tables
Wood
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Cabinets
Bronze
Vintage 1950s French Tables
Leather, Elm
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Crystal
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Buffets
Marble, Bronze, Gold Leaf
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Pitchers
Silver Plate
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Candelabras
Crystal, Bronze
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Coat Racks and Stands
Chrome, Metal
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Dining Room Chairs
Iron
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Armchairs
Macassar
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants
Wood
2010s French Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Dining Room Chairs
Iron
2010s French Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
2010s French Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
2010s French Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Aluminum, Steel, Brass
2010s French Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
2010s French Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
2010s French Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
2010s French Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum
2010s French Post-Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
2010s French Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
2010s French Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
2010s French Post-Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
2010s French Post-Modern Table Lamps
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
2010s French Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
2010s French Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
2010s French Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
2010s French Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
2010s French Post-Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
2010s French Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Steel
2010s French Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
2010s French Post-Modern Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Brass, Steel
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Shopping for Antique Compagnie des Arts Français Furniture?
Louis Süe was a man of many artistic talents who excelled in a range of disciplines in the Parisian design scene of the early 20th century. A painter, furniture maker, decorator and architect, Süe drew on traditional design but sought to make modernist work. This was especially true of his partnership with unsung French artist and textile designer André Mare, a pairing that gave way to the Compagnie des Arts Français.
Süe's best known furniture designs included wall mirrors, console tables and armchairs, and his interior designs spanned private residences and passenger liners. One of the most significant partnerships of Süe's career was with Mare, with whom Süe became acquainted while working at an interior design firm called L’Atelier Français.
In 1919–20, Süe and Mare, known as Süe et Mare, founded the Compagnie des Arts Français, which specialized in furniture, tapestries, wallpaper and silverware. The founders intended to draw on 18th-century furniture to create modern works — they were inspired by Cubism and Art Nouveau and produced forward-looking Art Deco designs that are widely celebrated today.
Inspired by the work of Austrian collective Wiener Werkstätte, Süe and Mare grew a successful business at the Compagnie des Arts Français, mass-producing furnishings and objects, taking on a range of wealthy clients and employing artists such as Marie Laurencin, Paul Vera and Fernand Léger (Mare and Léger had previously shared a studio). One of their interior design projects was the Polish Embassy in Paris. In 1925, Süe and Mare designed the Fontaine & Cie Pavilion at the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris, which featured works by André Groult, Maurice Dufrêne and others.
The Compagnie des Arts Français struggled financially toward the end of the 1920s and was sold to the owners of the French department store Galeries Lafayette. Jacques Adnet, who was working with Dufrêne at the decorative arts atelier of Galeries Lafayette, was appointed artistic director of the Compagnie and steered the firm in a different direction.
Enlisting innovative designers such as Charlotte Perriand, Suzanne Guiguichon, René Herbst and Francis Jourdain, Adnet developed a simple lithe and lean look that incorporated industrial materials including metal and glass, along with exotic woods and finishes such as parchment and sharkskin. He created furniture for iconic luxury house Hermès through the 1950s, and when the Compagnie des Arts Français closed its doors in 1959, Adnet took a job as the director of École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs.
In 2021, around 30 pieces of furniture by Süe et Mare from the estate of German-born fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld went to auction at Sotheby's. Many of Süe's designs are held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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