By René Prou
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French 1940s Art Deco dining chairs, set of six by Rene Prou, in stained beech. These chairs could be ebonized.
Please note these chairs are unrestored in the photographs.
**PRICE includes proper restoration, refinishing and reupholstering with buyer supplied fabric.
RENE PROU
(1889-1948)
A decorator as well as furniture designer, Rene Prou was born in Nantes and educated in Paris. He studied at the Ecole Bernard-Palissy in Paris and shortly thereafter joined the design house, Gouffé. By 1912 he had become their chief designer and was being called the first decorator of the modern taste (gout moderne).
His varied design career included:
1922 oceanliner Paris
1922 – Paris to Deauville train (aka Train Bleu)
1923 – showed at the Salon des Artistes Decorateurs
1924 oceanliner de Grasse
1925 – with Eric...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Rene Malaval Dining Room Chairs