One of the great style icons of the 20th century, Tony Duquette (1914–99) created pieces with a singularly ebullient elegance. Through his private interior-decorating commissions and his work as a stage and movie-set designer, Duquette made his name synonymous with flamboyance, fantasy and glamorous originality.
Duquette was born in Los Angeles and studied at the Chouinard Art Institute. But his true education began in the mid-1930s, first as an assistant to an aging Elsie de Wolfe — the eminent interior designer who many say created the profession — and later as a colleague of William Haines, the famed movie-star-turned-decorator. Duquette’s clients would come to include many Hollywood luminaries — he decorated “Pickfair,” the fabled home of actress Mary Pickford, and homes for producer David O. Selznick and director Vincent Minnelli — and a robust roster of the rich and powerful, among them Doris Duke, J. Paul Getty, Norton Simon and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. All the while, Duquette was designing film and theater sets and costumes. He worked on such films as Kismet, Ziegfeld Follies and Can-Can; he won a Tony award in 1961 for costume design for the original Broadway production of Camelot.
Theatricality is the keynote of the best of Duquette’s designs. He made things that would get attention. Duquette was no purist — he appreciated the spare and sleek as much as the baroque and elaborate — but everything had to provide a visual effect, if not necessarily perform a function. Apart from the furnishings and objects he designed for his grandest decorating commissions, Duquette rarely used precious materials. “Beauty, not luxury, is what I value” was his often-repeated motto. Duquette pieces priced at $10,000 and above tend to be either intricately made or super-scaled or have an interesting ownership provenance. Most of his works are marked at about $5,000.
As you will see on 1stDibs, Tony Duquette created something for anyone who likes big-statement design — providing a showstopper for a lean, modernist decor or an alluring element in a lush, more-is-more interior. A Duquette design says: On with the show!
Tony Duquette Style “Taffy” Side Table
By Tony Duquette
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Cast resin side table with an openwork base composed of intertwined, ribbon-like forms, finished in a gilt tone with darkened recesses to emphasize depth and texture. Circular glass ...
Glass, Resin
Stunning Silver Leaf Console Table Designed by Tony Duquette
By Tony Duquette, Baker Furniture Company
Located in New York, NY
Stunning Biomorphic silver leaf console designed by Tony Duquette, reissued in a limited amount by Baker furniture company. The console was originally designed for the Charles and ...
Silver Leaf
Mastercraft Console Table Designed By William Doezema
By William Doezema, Mastercraft
Located in Houston, TX
Mastercraft Console Table Designed By William Doezema. Offered is a shapely black lacquer and brass console table desgined by William Doezema for Mastercraft in the 1980's. This time...
Brass
$4,200 / set
H 20 in Dm 20 in
Pair Tony Duquette Ribbon Drum End Tables Gold Leaf Bronze Glass. U.S.A. 1970's.
By Tony Duquette
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An exceptional pair of sculptural ribbon drum end tables designed by Tony Duquette, exemplifying his iconic Hollywood Regency aesthetic and mastery of theatrical, organic form. These...
Glass, Resin
$3,016Sale Price|35% Off
H 31.5 in W 70.87 in D 15.75 in
Mahogany Console Table by Jimeco Ltda, Silver Leaf Accents, Colombia
By Jimeco ltda
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This decorative console table is made in mahogany with the bowed legs in champagne colored silver leaf. The foot as well as the tabletop have several curved layers and are made with ...
Silver Leaf
Object 057 Console Table by NG Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Object 057 console table by NG Design. Dimensions: D 90x W 20 x H 90 cm. Materials: powder coated steel, marble Nero Marquina Also available: all of objects available in different ...
Marble, Steel
Ettore Sottsass Tony Table Post-Modern Italy, circa 1970
By Anthologie Quartett 1, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Vienna, AT
A fine example of the work of Ettore Sottsass, the Tony 3 table was imagined by the famous designer in 1979. This piece was published by Anthology Quartett around 1984. It is charact...
Plastic, Wood
$4,000 / set
H 15.5 in W 19 in D 19 in
In the Style of Tony Duquette, Matched Ribbon Tables, United States, circa 1970s
By Tony Duquette
Located in New York, NY
With a top of glass and a base of gold colored resin seemingly hand-modeled into a cylinder of latticed ribbons, this table, in the style of Tony Duquette, possesses a unique, elusiv...
Glass, Resin
Object 096 Console Table by NG Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Object 096 Console Table by NG Design Dimensions: W 100 x D 27 x H 90 cm Materials: Powder-Coated Steel Also Available: All of objects available in different materials and colors on...
Steel
$4,759
H 23.63 in W 55.52 in D 15.75 in
An unusual red lacquered bench in the style of Tony Duquette .
By Tony Duquette
Located in Paris, Ile-de-France
An unusual bench in a whimsical " pagoda roof" shape . lacquered wood .in the manner of Tony Duquette . This piece has probably been made on special or...
Wood
Object 015 Console Table by NG Design
Located in Geneve, CH
Object 015 console table by NG Design Dimensions: D75 x W20 x H75 cm Materials: Powder coated steel. Also available: All of objects available in different materials and colors on de...
Steel
$3,900Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 34.5 in W 37 in D 15.25 in
Stunning Pair Baker Hollywood Regency Demilune Console or Bar Cabinet
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Lovely pair of Baker demilune console tables. They have a uniquely shaped marble top, over 2 cylindrical doors, raised on bracket feet. We love the orig...
Brass
$2,997Sale Price|40% Off
H 16 in Dm 36 in
Iconic Hollywood Regency Gilt Gold Coco Chanel style Wheat Side Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Once gracing Coco Chanel's rue Cambon apartment, this iconic "sheaf of wheat" occasional or end table, made of gilded metal, features a glass top on a wheat-shaped base, adorned with...
Metal
Small lucite coffee table or side table, 1970s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Lovely lucite and glass top coffee table or side table with brass screws. Very good condition. 1970s - Belgium Height: 35cm/13.77" Width: 50cm/19.68" Depth: 50cm/19.68" Ref.: 203654
Brass
A Pair of Giant Clam Shell Jardinières or Tables by Tony Duquette
By Tony Duquette
Located in Atlanta, GA
A great pair of unique tables in the form of giant clams on metal stands designed by Tony Duquette (1914-1999) circa 1970s. These can also be used as bespoken jardinières or catch-al...
Metal
"Ribbon" Dining Table In the Style of Tony Duquette
By Tony Duquette
Located in Dallas, TX
"Ribbon" dining table in cream resin in the style of Tony Duquette. Refinishing is recommended for table base, circa 1960s Dimensions: 54" D x 29" T 21" D (table base).
Resin
Gold "Ribbon" Coffee Table in the Style of Tony Duquette
By Tony Duquette
Located in Dallas, TX
"Ribbon" coffee table in gold resin in the Style of Tony Duquette. There is some visible wear due to age and use, circa 1960s. Dimensions: 36" diameter, 17" tall.
Resin
Tony Duquette Ribbon Round Coffee Table with Glass Top
By Tony Duquette
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Tony Duquette ribbon coffee table with glass top.
Ribbon Table in the Style of Tony Duquette
By Tony Duquette
Located in Norwalk, CT
Large resin ribbon table in satin dove white. Dimension: Nice larger size: 21" diameter and 20" height.
Sold
H 34 in W 69 in D 31.5 in
Spectacular Modernist Free-Form Sculptural Console by Tony Duquette for Baker
By Tony Duquette
Located in New York, NY
Considered one of Duquette's most inspired works, the Biomorphic Console was originally designed for the Charles and Palmer Ducommun Bel Air residen...
A "Pulled Taffy" Side Table by Tony Duquette
By Tony Duquette
Located in NYC, NY
A side table by Tony Duquette in a metalic copper tone finish with a round glass top insert named Pulled Taffy.
Glass
A Tony Duquette Clear Taffy Side Table
By Tony Duquette
Located in NYC, NY
A side table by designer Tony Duquette made of transparant plastic in a pulled Taffy design. The clear base has a round glass insert.
Plastic, Glass