Jean-Charles Moreux

A monumental credenza buffet attributed to Jean-Charles Moreux, France circa 1940s. Large in scale with classic art deco features. Cerused oak finish with brass accents and center gl...

A large French Art Deco walnut pedestal dining/conference table with brass details. Bibliography: Susan Day, Jean-Charles Moreux Architecte-De...

DESCRIPTION: Art deco coffee table by Jean-Charles Moreux made with oak and opaline glass. CONDITION: Very good vintage condition. Wear consistent with age and use. DIMENSIONS: He...

Rare French mid-century dramatic plaster pendants / chandeliers in the form of three intersecting sea shells by Jean Charles Moreux (1889-1956). Moreux was the first interior designe...

Perfectly proportioned pair of tall armchairs by renowned French 1940s furniture designer and interior decorator Jean-Charles Moreux. Perfect for a chic...

Rare pair of garden lounge chairs in hand-hammered iron with fabric seats by Jean-Charles Moreux (1889-1956) Illustrated in Jean-Charles Moreux by Susan Day, Éditions Norma, Paris, ...

French Art Deco low table, circa 1938, designed by Jean-Charles Moreux and executed in cerused oak with travertine marble top. 31” wide x 19” deep x 20” high. JEAN-CHARLES MOREUX (1889-1956) French architect and designer Jean-Charles Moreux was born in 1889 at the Chateau de Joncy in Saone-et-Loire. He studied at l’Ecole de Beaux-Arts in Paris (1914-22) where he spent the period during World War I working on the preservation of works of art. While attending l’Ecole he became friends with the architect Jean Lurcat and his brothers, Andre and Paul Vera. In 1924 he exhibited his first pieces of furniture at the Salon d’Automne. He had a preference for poetic living spaces and felt that people deserved better than Corbusier’s “machines for living in”. He was anxious to introduce aspects of the marvelous into architecture and living spaces. His creations drew upon the classical, baroque, and rococo styles. Moreux’s well-known clients included the Baron Robert de Rothschild and Bolette Natanson...

Jean Charles Moreux (1889-1956) rare large art deco gueridon in wrought iron and oak, circa 1930 Documentation: "La revue francaise" 1930 page 67 Jean Charles Moreux, by Susan Day...