Two French Art Deco Squirrels by Max Le Verrier
By Max Le Verrier
Located in BE
Max Le Verrier received a gold medal in the 1925 exposition Internationale and often collaborated with Pierre Le Faguays and Marcel Bouraine, other prominent sculptors of the Art Dec...
Marble, Bronze
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H 6.3 in W 4.73 in D 2.37 in
Art Deco Animal Sculpture, Pelican Ring Dish by Max Le Verrier, France, 1930s
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
Whimsical Art Deco pelican trinket dish in Régule by Max Le Verrier – a rare decorative object full of wit, charm and French flair. This compact, sculptural piece was cast in Régule...
Spelter
"Apollo and His Chariot in the Sky", Art Deco Bronze Dish/Bowl by Le Verrier
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Almost Baroque in the energy and movement of the scene it depicts, this Art Deco footed dish by Max Le Verrier depicts a wild scene -- Apollo in his chariot led by several rearing ho...
Bronze
Antique Art Nouveau Brass Trinket Dish by Jan Joulin - 1Y103
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Bordeaux, FR
This exquisite trinket dish, crafted in the Art Nouveau style, is made from brass and signed by the renowned artist Jan Joulin. The intricate design features the mythological scene o...
Brass
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H 6.3 in W 2.76 in D 9.06 in
Max Le Verrier: Antique Patinated Bronze Libation Cup in Antique Style - 1Y100
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Elevate your home décor with this exquisite antique libation cup by renowned sculptor Max Le Verrier. Crafted from patinated bronze in the style of ancient artifacts, this piece exud...
Bronze
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H 20.87 in W 24.41 in D 6.3 in
20th century French Art deco Metal and Marble C.Charles Horse Sculpture, 1930s
By Max Le Verrier
Located in LEGNY, FR
Magnificent sculpture in metal dating from the art deco period representing a woman riding a horse. Signed by the artist C.Charles on the base. Beautiful green patina. This piece wa...
Marble, Metal
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H 13.78 in W 24.41 in D 5.91 in
Art Deco Sculpture Young Man with Panther by Max Le Verrier France 1930
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco sculpture young man with panther by Max Le Verrier. The sculpture is executed in patinated Art metal and stands on a carved stone base. France 1930. Literature: Art D...
Stone, Metal
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H 8.08 in W 3.94 in D 2.76 in
Art Deco Style Lady Bookends Meditation by Pierre Le Faguays for Max Le Verrier
By Max Le Verrier, Pierre Le Faguays
Located in Ulm, DE
“Meditation” Designed in France during the roaring 1920s by “Fayral”, which is one of the pseudonyms from “Pierre Le Faguays” (1892-1962), signed Original “Max Le Verrier” Art Dec...
Marble, Spelter
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H 11.82 in W 14.57 in D 4.53 in
Reverie Sculpture Lamp in Art Deco Style by Raymonde Guerbe for Max Le Verrier
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
Table lamp “Reverie” Reverie is French for musing. Sculpture / Figure. Nude lady holding a lighted glass ball. Designed in France during the roaring 1920s by “Raymonde Guerbe...
Marble, Spelter
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H 11.03 in W 8.27 in L 11.03 in
Danseuse Aux Boules French Sculpture in Spelter by Denis for Max Le Verrier
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
Sculpture dancing lady Danseuse Aux Boules, Ball dancer Designed in France during the roaring 1920s by “Maurice et Marcel Denis”, signed Original Max Le Verrier, signed Art Dec...
Onyx, Marble, Spelter
Max Le Verrier Art Deco Bronze Key Bowl or Vide Poche, Signed
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Miami, FL
Stunning bronze Art Deco key bowl or vide poche signed Max Le Verrier, France, circa 1930. Remarkable craftsmanship typical of this makers quality pieces. This Max Le Verrier bro...
Bronze
Max Le Verrier Bronze Key Holder Vide Poche, February 21-March 20 Zodiac
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Miami, FL
Bronze by Max Le Verrier that makes a great key holder/vide-poche. The fish symbols are absolutely beautiful, they represent the zodiac sign of those born 21 February - 20 March as ...
Bronze
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H 8.08 in W 5.12 in L 8.08 in
Delassement by Max Le Verrier Art Deco Style Bookends Sculptures Reading Ladies
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
“Delassement” Original “Max Le Verrier” Designed in France during the roaring 1920s by “Max Le Verrier” (1891-1973) Art Deco style, France. Sculptures of reading ladies Booken...
Marble, Spelter
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H 6.11 in W 5.52 in D 2.37 in
Original Max Le Verrier Cueillette Art Deco Style Bookends in Spelter and Marble
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
“Cueillette” Original “Max Le Verrier” Art Deco style, France. Ladies with flower baskets Bookends made in “Régule” (spelter / whitebronze) signed Socle in black stone (co...
Marble, Spelter
Bronze Key Holder Vide Poche signed Max Le Verrier, Fleur-de-Lis
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Miami, FL
Bronze by Max Le Verrier that makes a great key holder/vide-poche. The Fleur de Lys motif is absolutely beautiful. One of a series of bronze dishes sculpted and cast by Max Le ...
Bronze
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H 10.04 in W 12.6 in D 4.73 in
Green Patinated Panther Sculpture Jungle Original Max Le Verrier Spelter Marble
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
Panther sculpture named “Jungle” on a stepped marble base. Original “Max Le Verrier”, signed Designed in France during the roaring 1920s by “Max Le Verrier” (1891-1973) Art Dec...
Marble, Spelter
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H 19.89 in W 13.39 in D 4.34 in
Espana Sculpture Spanish Dancer Lamp by Raymonde Guerbe for Max Le Verrier
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
“Espana” Designed in France during the roaring 1920s by “Raymonde Guerbe” (1894-1995) She was married with the famous sculptor "Pierre Le Faguays" (1892-1962). signed “GUERBE”...
Marble, Spelter
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H 14.97 in W 8.27 in D 3.94 in
Clarté Sculpture Lueur Lamp from the Important Art Deco Artist Max Le Verrier
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
Smallest model of the famous "Clarté" “Lueur Lumineuse” Original “Max Le Verrier” Art Deco style, France. Table lamp, lighted sculpture made in spelter / white-bonze (french =...
Marble, Spelter
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H 7.09 in Dm 3.15 in
Radiator Mascot Lady at Sail Original Max Le Verrier French Art Deco Sculpture
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
Dynamic presentation of a lady enveloped in a veil. Very decorative hood ornament named FEMME AU VOILE (engl. lady at sail) This French radiator mascot was designed during the ro...
Marble, Spelter
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H 6.89 in W 5.52 in D 3.94 in
Don Quichotte and Sancho Panza Art Deco Bookends by Janle for Max Le Verrier
By Max Le Verrier, Janle
Located in Ulm, DE
“Don Quichotte” (and Sancho Panza) Designed in France by “Janle”, signed Original “Max Le Verrier” The very detailed handmade artwork is perfectly able to hold even heavy books...
Marble, Spelter
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H 8.27 in W 5.32 in D 3.15 in
Jongleur Table Lamp of a Cat with a Glass Ball by Janle and Max Le Verrier
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
“Jongleur” (French: juggler) Cat playing with a ball (On this case with a lighted glass ball) Designed in France during the roaring 1920s by “Janle”, signed Original “Max Le Ve...
Marble, Spelter
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H 2.13 in W 8.25 in D 5 in
Max Le Verrier French Art Deco Cast Bronze Jewelry Box or Desk Accessory
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Miami, FL
This Max Le Verrier bronze piece would make a wonderful jewelry box or use it as a desk accessory for holding small pens, paper clips or coins, etc... It is very unique and from the ...
Bronze
Moyen Age Original Max Le Verrier Art Deco Style Bookends
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
“Moyen Age” Original “Max Le Verrier”, signed Designed in France during the roaring 1920s by “Max Le Verrier” (1891-1973) Art Deco style, France. Reading ladies Bookends made ...
Marble, Spelter
Original Max LeVerrier French Art Deco Radiator Mascot FEMME AU VOILE
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
Dynamic presentation of a lady enveloped in a veil. Very decorative hood ornament named FEMME AU VOILE (engl. lady at sail) This French radiator mascot was designed during the ro...
Marble, Spelter
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H 7.29 in W 6.3 in D 3.15 in
Original Max Leverrier French Art Deco Radiator Mascot Envol Spelter and Marble
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
Body shape of a lady enveloped with a veil. Very decorative hood ornament named Envol (engl. takeoff) This French radiator mascot was designed during the roaring 1920s by “Max Le...
Marble, Spelter
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H 13.19 in W 7.09 in D 3.94 in
Art Deco Dancer Sculpture Lueur with Onyx Ball Original Max Le Verrier France
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
In 1928 Max Le Verrier created his famous CLARTÉ - a woman with a lighted glass ball - the main work of his career as a sculptor. In fact the needed several live models: one for ...
Marble, Onyx, Spelter
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H 9.06 in W 4.34 in D 5.91 in
Delassement Lumineux French Art Deco Sculpture Lamp by Max Le Verrier
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Ulm, DE
“Delassement Lumineux” table lamp Beautiful sitting lady Original “Max Le Verrier”, signed Designed in France during the roaring 1920s by “Max Le Verrier” (1891-1973) Art Deco styl...
Marble, Spelter
Table Lamp Seduction Lumineuse by Fayral and Max Le Verrier
By Max Le Verrier, Pierre Le Faguays
Located in Ulm, DE
Lighted item table lamp, sculpture "Seduction Lumineuse" Designed in France during the roaring 1920s by "Fayral", which is one of the pseudonymes from "Pierre Le Faguays" (1892-196...
Marble, Spelter
Max Le Verrier French Art Deco Bronze Jewelry Box
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Miami, FL
This Max Le Verrier bronze makes a wonderful small jewelry box or use it as a desk accessory for holding paper clips or coins, etc... It is very unique and from the wonderful Art Dec...
Bronze
Two French Art Deco Stylised Birds by Marcel Bouraine
By Max Le Verrier, Marcel-André Bouraine
Located in BE
Marcel Bouraine is famous for his stylised animals bookends, often edited by Max Le Verrier. Bibliography: "Art Deco Sculpture" by Alastair Duncan, Thames and Hudson, 2016.
Marble, Bronze
20th Century Art Deco Archer Sculpture, Signed Max Le Verrier
By Max Le Verrier
Located in IT
Archer signed and marked Verrier, a famous artist from the Art Deco period. The sculpture shows the mark of the foundry "Verrier" founded by the artist himself. The sculptu...
Bronze
Art Deco Cat Paperweight Car Mascot, Max Le Verrier, France, 1920
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Art Deco silver plated figure of a sitting cat mounted over a Italian portoro marble base. Paperweight or car mascot.
Marble
"Clarte" Pair of Electrified Art Deco Bronzes by Max Le Verrier
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Quogue, NY
"Clarke" by Max Le Verrier, embodies the quintessential Art Deco female nude. He began in 1928, carving from a live model, but in fact, he needed three different models: On...
Max Le Verrier was born on January 29, 1891, in Neuilly-sur-Seine. He opened his studio in 1919 and won a medal at the famed 1925 Exposition in Paris that gave Art Deco its name. Later, he established a foundry that cast bronze sculptures for Pierre Le Faguays and Marcel Bourain, among others. Although Le Verrier experimented with other alloys, he continued to create pieces in bronze as well. Le Verrier died on June 6, 1973, in Paris.
Art Deco furniture is characterized by its celebration of modern life. More than its emphasis on natural wood grains and focus on traditional craftsmanship, vintage Art Deco dining chairs, tables, desks, cabinets and other furniture — which typically refers to pieces produced during the 1920s and 1930s — is an ode to the glamour of the “Roaring Twenties.”
ORIGINS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN
CHARACTERISTICS OF ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGN
ART DECO FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
VINTAGE ART DECO FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
Few design styles are as universally recognized and appreciated as Art Deco. The term alone conjures visions of the Roaring Twenties, Machine Age metropolises, vast ocean liners, sleek typography and Prohibition-era hedonism. The iconic movement made an indelible mark on all fields of design throughout the 1920s and ’30s, celebrating society’s growing industrialization with refined elegance and stunning craftsmanship.
Widely known designers associated with the Art Deco style include Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Eileen Gray, Maurice Dufrêne, Paul Follot and Jules Leleu.
The term Art Deco derives from the name of a large decorative arts exhibition held in Paris in 1925. “Art Deco design” is often used broadly, to describe the work of creators in associated or ancillary styles. This is particularly true of American Art Deco, which is also called Streamline Moderne or Machine Age design. (Streamline Moderne, sometimes known as Art Moderne, was a phenomenon largely of the 1930s, post–Art Nouveau.)
Art Deco textile designers employed dazzling floral motifs and vivid colors, and while Art Deco furniture makers respected the dark woods and modern metals with which they worked, they frequently incorporated decorative embellishments such as exotic animal hides as well as veneers in their seating, case pieces, living room sets and bedroom furniture.
From mother-of-pearl inlaid vitrines to chrome aviator chairs, bold and inventive works in the Art Deco style include chaise longues (also known as chaise lounges) and curved armchairs. Today, the style is still favored by interior designers looking to infuse a home with an air of luxury and sophistication.
The vintage Art Deco furniture for sale on 1stDibs includes dressers, coffee tables, decorative objects and more.
Styling your home with vintage, new and antique sculptures means adding a touch that can meaningfully transform the space. By introducing a sculptural work as a decorative finish to any interior, you’re making a statement, whether you tend toward the dramatic or prefer to keep things casual with modest, understated art.
A single, one-of-a-kind three-dimensional figurative sculpture mounted on your dining room wall is a guaranteed conversation piece, while a trio of abstract works arranged on your living room bookshelves can add spontaneity to the collection of first-edition novels or artist monographs you’re displaying as well as draw attention to them. Figurative sculptures are representational works that portray a specific person, animal or object. And while decorating with busts, which are sculpted or cast figurative works, hasn’t exactly topped the list of design trends every year, busts are back. According to designer Timothy Corrigan, “They give humanity in a way that a more abstract sculpture can’t give.” Abstract sculptures, on the other hand, are not meant to show something specific. Instead, they invoke a mood or scene without directly stating what they are portraying.
Busts made of stone or metal may not seem like a good fit for your existing decor. Fortunately, there are many ways for a seemingly incongruous piece to fit in with the rest of your room’s theme. You can embrace a dramatic piece by making it the focal point of the room, or you can choose to incorporate several elements made out of the same material to create harmony in your space. If an antique or more dramatic piece doesn’t feel like you, why not opt for works comprising plastic, fiberglass or other more modern materials?
When incorporating sculpture into the design of your home — be it the playful work of auction hero and multimedia visionary KAWS, contemporary fiber art from Connecticut dealer browngrotta arts or still-life sculpture on a budget — consider proper lighting, which can bring out the distinctive aspects of your piece that deserve attention. And make sure you know how the size and form of the sculpture will affect your space in whole. If you choose a sculpture with dramatic design elements, such as sharp angles or bright colors, for example, try to better integrate this new addition by echoing those elements in the rest of your room’s design.
Get started on decorating with sculpture now — find figurative sculptures, animal sculptures and more on 1stDibs today.