Maurice Dufrêne Floor Lamps

French, 1876-1955

Maurice Dufrene was born in Paris in 1876. He studied at the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs.In 1899, at the age of just 23, he became director and manager of La Maison Moderne, an association of artists who worked together to create designs which could be produced in multiples. These artists were van de Velde, Horta, Plumet and Selmersheim.His work was first shown at salons in 1902, and from 1903 he regularly exhibited at Salon d’Automne and Salons of Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. He quickly moved to the forefront of modern design and was with Leon Jallot, among the group of French designers which became known as the Constructeurs, before the First World War. Dufrene had worked on Meier-Graefe's 'La Maison Moderne' around 1900 designing in the Art Nouveau style.By 1910, his work adapted more simplified forms using more substantial materials and construction. In 1904, he became a founding member of the Salon des Artistes Decorateurs, through which he exhibited for thirty years.He taught for a while at Ecole Boulle, and returned to design in 1919 producing neat and logical designs embellished with recurring carved scroll motifs and decorated with marquetry floral medallions in boxwood, ebony and ivory. In 1921 he joined the studio La Maitrise, as Artistic Director, and began a period of prolific production. The full flowering of his talent became apparent in his refined furniture designs and complete interiors. His inspiration was taken from 18th and 19th Century designs, with a modern approach. At the 1925 Exposition, Dufrene was everywhere. As well as the La Maitrise pavilion, he designed the 'petit salon' in the 'Ambassade Francaise', a boutique for the furrier Jungman, and the row of shoes on the Pont Alexandre Ill. Dufrene's stylistic development continued into the 1930s when he experimented with steel and glass. Adapting quickly to the Art Deco movement, the 1930s were just as busy for him. He died in Nogent-sur-Marne in 1955. His interiors ranged eclectically from townhouses to avant-garde to glass, metal and mirrors, to commissions from Mobilier National for embassies and the Palais de l’Elysée in Paris. He would remain at La Maîtrise until 1952. Today much of his work goes unidentified.

Creator: Maurice Dufrêne

Art Deco/Art Nouveau floor lamp by Maurice Dufrène

By Maurice Dufrêne

Located in NANTES, FR

Rare art nouveau transitional art deco floor lamp. In bronze with floral decoration topped with an alabaster basin. Electrified and in perfect condition. Model listed in “The Paris Salons Voloume V” page 234. It dates from 1913, autumn salon. Total height: 177 cm Base diameter: 34 cm Basin diameter: 45 cm Weight: 20 Kg Sent in two separate packages. Maurice Dufrène is a French cabinetmaker, interior designer, chief decorator and writer, born in 1876 in Paris and died in 1955 in Nogent-sur-Marne. Maurice Dufrène was co-founder in 1902 of the Society of Decorative Artists. In 1920 he created the Maîtrise workshop at Galeries Lafayette. He advocates mass production and works with all materials: fabric, glass, wood, silver, ceramics. Through Henri Rapin he met Camille Tharaud for whom he created several forms of porcelain cups. He designed the decoration of the large hall of the Parisian cinema Le Grand Rex...

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1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Maurice Dufrêne Floor Lamps

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Alabaster, Bronze

Located in Rebais, FR

Art Deco floor lamp with nickel finish and glass.

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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Maurice Dufrêne Floor Lamps

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Brass

Art Deco Floor Lamp

H 70.08 in Dm 18.51 in

Art Nouveau Style Brass Floor Lamp

Located in Darmstadt, DE

A floor lamp in Art Nouveau design made of brass with a white lampshade. The height of the lampshade can be adjusted by 10 cm, giving the lamp a height of between 173 and 183 cm. The...

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20th Century German Art Nouveau Maurice Dufrêne Floor Lamps

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Brass

Art Nouveau Style Brass Floor Lamp

H 68.12 in W 11.42 in D 15.75 in

H 49.22 in W 20.08 in D 20.08 in

Pair of art nouveau floor lamps by Adolf Loos

By Woka Lamps, Adolf Loos

Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK

Pair of art nouveau floor lamps by Adolf Loos, looks like Woka lamps production from around 1960-70s.

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1960s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Maurice Dufrêne Floor Lamps

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Brass

Pair of art nouveau floor lamps by Adolf Loos

H 56.7 in W 11.23 in D 11.23 in

Japonisme Art Nouveau Heron Floor Lamp, France, circa 1900

Located in VÉZELAY, FR

An exceptional piece! Superb sculpture floor lamp in patinated and painted bronze and brass, depicting a Japanese crane (tsuru) / heron / wading bird picking red berries in the middle of lush nature (flowers, water lily leaves). 5 lights with tulip shades in glass / opaline colors. Art Nouveau / Japonisme style, France, around 1900. Inspired by the productions of Meiji Japan, which was opening up to the rest of the world, Western artists, particularly the French, were inspired by them. The movement called "Japonisme" was born and from it flowed Art...

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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Maurice Dufrêne Floor Lamps

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Brass, Bronze

Japonisme Art Nouveau Heron Floor Lamp, France, circa 1900

H 78.75 in W 25.6 in D 23.63 in

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