Votre Maison Furniture
French
Robert Guillerme and Jacques Chambron, the French creative duo behind Votre Maison, met under unusual circumstances: They discussed design while imprisoned in a forced labor camp. The pair’s combined talents later resulted in modern, sculptural furniture — today, vintage Votre Maison armchairs, credenzas, dining tables and other pieces still look conceptually playful and vibrant but could fit harmoniously into any home.
Guillerme had graduated from the École Boulle in 1934 with a degree in design and architecture, and Chambron had studied at the School of Applied Arts in Reims. They were captured by the Germans in East Prussia during the Second World War and struck up a friendship over their mutual love for all things design. After the war ended, Guillerme moved to Lille in northern France; Chambron left his job as a painter and decorator in Paris and joined him in 1948. In 1949, the pair met Émile Dariosecq, a skilled cabinetmaker who enthusiastically agreed to manufacture the duo’s designs, leading to the start of Votre Maison.
Guillerme and Chambron were as prolific as they were detailed, producing more than 2,000 pieces in the second half of the 20th century out of a former gun factory. Their furniture, which was mostly made with different tones of waxed oak, adhered to the trends of design that emerged after the war: mid-century modernism.
European furniture in the postwar period largely prioritized function as much as it did form and lacked any unnecessary ornamentation. Guillerme and Chambron wanted people to actually use their furniture, not just look at it. That design philosophy was a pillar of their company, its name translating to “your house” in French. Their signature touches included ornate tiles, hidden drawers and vibrant textiles on pieces such as desks, tables, shelving, lighting, benches and other seating. One of Votre Maison’s most famous and popular pieces was the Grand Repos armchair, a stately, high-backed wide piece with a skeletal oak frame, six spindles and plush cushions.
While Guillerme and Chambron were a team, they handled different aspects of the business: Guillerme designed much of the furniture and Chambron concentrated on decor. Votre Maison was a full-service design business. In 1983, the dynamic duo passed on their company to Chambron’s son, Hervé, a designer and graduate of École Boulle.
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Guillerme & Chambron Longcase Clock in Oak with Brass Accents
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Guillerme et Chambron for Votre Maison, longcase clock, oak, brass, steel, France, 1960s.
Wonderful and large clock designed by Guillerme and Chambron. The piece shows a natural and...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Brass, Steel
Guillerme et Chambron, 1970 Oak Wardrobe, Votre Maison Edition
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Guillerme et Chambron, 1960 oak wardrobe, Votre Maison Edition.
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Oak
Guillerme et Chambron, Six Oak Chairs, Edition Votre Maison, circa 1970
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Guillerme et Chambron, six oak chairs. Edition Votre Maison, circa 1970.
price is for one chair
6 are available
Category
Late 20th Century French Modern Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Wool, Oak
Rare Guillerme & Chambron Solid Oak Sofa, France 1960s
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in ABCOUDE, UT
Gorgeous solid oak sofa designed by Robert Guillerme et Jacques Chambron, France 1955. These sofas have very nice open structure made of solid oak carve...
Category
1950s Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Oak
Guillerme & Chambron Cabinet 'Thierry' in Black Lacquered Oak
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Guillerme et Chambron for Votre Maison, cabinet, model 'Thierry', lacquered oak, ceramic, France, 1960s.
This elegant sideboard evokes the European Gothic Revival period of the nine...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Oak
Guillerme & Chambron Sofa in Oak and Purple Upholstery
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Guillerme & Chambron for Votre Maison, sofa, model 'Gregoire', fabric, oak, France, 1960s
The ‘Gregoire’ sofa is designed by the French designer duo Jacques Chambron and Robert Guil...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Oak
Guillerme et Chambron, Pair of Ebonized Oak Armchairs, France, Mid-Century
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in New York, NY
Robert Guillerme studied design and architecture at the École Boule, graduating in 1934. After the Second World War he moved to Lille, in the north of France, where he decorated home...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Oak
Guillerme et Chambron, Pair of Side Tables with Lamps, France, Midcentury
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in New York, NY
This pair of midcentury, polished light oak reading tables by the celebrated French designer Robert Guillerme, was created as part of a line of desi...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Oak
Guillerme et Chambron, Large Bedroom Wardrobe in Oak, circa 1960
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Guillerme et Chambron, large bedroom wardrobe in oak, circa 1960
Ceramic handles
Edition Votre Maison
this piece of furniture can be disassembl...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Oak, Ceramic
Guillerme & Chambron 'Victorine' Dining Table in Oak
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Guillerme et Chambron for Votre Maison, dining table model 'Victorine', oak, France, 1960s
This wonderful table shows great craftsmanship and a strong appearance, that clearly chara...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Oak
French Guillerme et Chambron Stool, Hungarian Oak, Wool
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in Uccle, BE
A vintage stool upholstered in original wool fabric
Designed by French designers Robert Guillerme et Jacques Chambron.
Edition Votre Maison,
circa 1960.
Hungarian oak...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Oak
Guillerme et Chambron Sideboard in Oak and Ceramic, "Edition Votre Maison"
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Guillerme et Chambron, "Simon" sideboard in oak and ceramic. Edition Votre Maison circa 1960/1970.
a tile is cracked
Votre maison : a style, a concept, a mindset.
The Votre Mais...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Oak
Guillerme et Chambron “Charlotte” Dining Chairs for Votre Maison, 1966, Set of 6
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Guillerme et Chambron “Charlotte” dining chairs for Votre Maison, wood, France, 1966, set of six.
This set of six “Charlotte” oak chairs showcases ...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Wood
Guillerme and Chambron, oak and ceramic sideboard by Danikowski circa 1960/1970
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Guillerme and Chambron, oak and ceramic sideboard by Danikowski circa 1960/1970
Edition Votre Maison
tres bon état
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Oak
Guillerme et Chambron, "Denis" Oak Armchair Edited by Votre Maison 1970
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Guillerme et Chambron, "Denis" Oak Armchair Edited by Votre Maison 1970
Two others armchairs on the same model available in another add.
Votre maison : a style, a concept, a mindset...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Oak
Guillerme & Chambron, Set of 4 Side Tables, Oak & Ceramic Coffee Table, France
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in New York, NY
Dimensions for each element. Tilework executed by B. Danikowski.
Robert Guillerme placed equal emphasis on function and aesthetics, creating a look as staid as it was arresting. W...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Oak
Guillerme et Chambron, Set of Four Oak & Ceramic Side Tables, France, circa 1960
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in New York, NY
Tilework executed by B. Danikowski
Robert Guillerme placed equal emphasis on function and aesthetics, creating a look as staid as it was arresting. While his work was in many ways...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Oak
Guillerme et Chambron, PAIR of 1970 Oak Armchair Edited by Votre Maison
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Guillerme et Chambron, 1970 2 oak armchair "caqueteuse" edited by Votre Maison.
Votre maison : a style, a concept, a mindset.
The Votre Maison story begins in 1940 in Prussia, nea...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Oak
Guillerme et Chambron, Oak & Smoked Glass Coffee Table, France, Mid-Century
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in New York, NY
Robert Guillerme studied design and architecture at the École Boule, graduating in 1934. After the Second World War he moved to Lille, in the north of France, where he decorated homes and designed furniture for the well regarded Rogier workshops.
In 1948 Jacques Chambron left his work as a painter and decorator on the Rue Nollet in Paris, and relocated his family to join Guillerme. The two had met in 1940 while imprisoned by the Germans in East Prussia and bonded over, among other more obvious things, their shared passion for design. In 1949 the pair discovered Émile Dariosecq, a master cabinet maker who had a shop in the city, and who was willing to produce their designs. The three started Votre Maison.
The association was destined to be as influential as prolific. Not only did Votre Maison produce over two thousand models during the later half of the twentieth century, it also left an indelible stamp on design of the 50s, 60s and 70s. The company’s output served as a model for a vast field of livable contemporaneous design.
The soul of Guillerme et Chambron’s work was in the company’s name (“Your House"). Their focus was as keenly attuned to functionality—furniture’s use in daily life—as to the creation of innovative design. For the pair of designers the home was envisioned as a place where the family could live both comfortably and in aesthetic harmony.
Robert Guillerme, who designed most of the work, possessed a limitless creative ambition, producing designs for everything from grand dressers and sideboards to the smallest elements of a space, such as pedestals, shelving, benches, and lighting.
This steady output of beautiful furniture bucked convention not merely in the equal emphasis Guillerme placed on function and aesthetics, but in the almost paradoxical creation...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Oak
Guillerme et Chambron, Solid Oak Cabinet Edition Votre Maison, circa 1970-1980
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Guillerme et Chambron, solid oak cabinet. Edition Votre Maison, circa 1970-1980.
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Oak
Romeo Armchairs
By Votre Maison
Located in Paris, FR
Robert Guillerme & Jacques Chambron for Votre maison
Solid Oak covered with Linen Fabrics
93 x 82 x 90 cm
circa 1955
Category
1950s European Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Oak
$14,926 / set
Guillerme et Chambron, pair of oak stool Edited by Votre Maison 1970
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Guillerme et Chambron, pair of oak stool Edited by Votre Maison 1970
Votre maison : a style, a concept, a mindset.
The Votre Maison story begins in 1940 in Prussia, near the Maza...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Oak
Guillerme et Chambron, 3 Armchairs, Edition Votre Maison, 1980
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Guillerme et Chambron, 3 armchairs, Edition Votre Maison, 1980.
price is for one, 3 are available
Need new fabric and foam.
we no longer have a cushion model
Category
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Oak
Guillerme et Chambron, 1970 Oak sofa Edited by Votre Maison
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Guillerme et Chambron, 1970 oak sofa "Evantail" edited by Votre Maison.
Votre maison : a style, a concept, a mindset.
The Votre Maison story begins in 1940 in Prussia, near the Ma...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Oak
Guillerme & Chambron 'Tricoteuse' Lounge Chair in Black Lacquered Oak
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Guillerme et Chambron for Votre Maison, lounge chair 'Tricoteuse', lacquered oak, wool, France, 1960s
Guillerme & Chambron designed the 'Tricoteuse' lounge chair in their trademark ...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Wool, Oak
Guillerme & Chambron 'Petronille' Lounge Chair in Oak and Ocher Yellow Fabric
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Guillerme et Chambron for Votre Maison, ‘Petronille’ lounge chair, oak, fabric, France, 1960s
This sculptural lounge chair named ‘Petronille’ is designed by Guillerme et Chambron. T...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Oak
Guillerme et Chambron, oak dinning room table Victorine, Edition Votre Maison
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Guillerme and Chambron, oak dinning room table Victorine, Edition Votre Maison 1970
Leaves 2x 35 cm
Votre maison : a style, a concept, a mindset.
The Votre Maison story begins in 1940 in Prussia, near the Mazaurien Lake. A stalag, a wooden camp... Gathered by the absurd consequences of war, men from different universes are here. Among them, Jacques Chambron and Robert Guillerme struggle daily to preserve what matters most to them : human dignity.
The war is endless. To bear the present they design a project for future.
Winter 1944 : the war comes to an end. With other companions in exile, Chambron and Guillerme escape and cross the Nazi line, and join the port of Odessa, the Bosphore and Marseille in France.
It is now 1946 and war –torn France is a land of severe restrictions in need of reconstruction. Both men return to their original occupations. Guillerme with a 1934 major from “Ecole Boule” moves back to Lille to design furniture for Atelier Rogie. Chambron, who holds an art degree, returns to his studio in Paris to paint. Because of time and distance contact is limited between them.
In 1948 Jacques Chambron and his family move to Lille and the initial project begins to take shape. Chambron and Guillerme meet Emile Dariosecq, a furniture manufacturer, and in 1949 the company Votre Maison sees the light.
Guillerme designs the furniture, Chambron markets it and Dariosecq manufactures it. Together they define a new style and impose a new concept. The originality of their collaroration reflects on the furniture. Quickly the style Votre Maison is defined as quality furniture that is easy to leave with. Guillerme designs chests, sideboards, chairs, sofas, lighting, all complementing one another and manufactured in limited editions. Wood, leather, ceramic and fabric, all design are sincere and authentic.
Chambron plays an important part in making the public accept this new furniture and convinces them to move away from the common place. Distribution of the furniture is done primarily through the company itself, on some occasions by architects and interior designers.
In the early seventies, Hervé Chambron, Jacques'son, joins the Votre Maison company. Also a graduate from Ecole Boule, he becomes Robert Guillerme's assistant and creates his own designs from 1983, bthe year when Jacques Chambron and Robert Guillerme retire.
Today, the designs of Robert Guillerme are referred to as “French wood furniture...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Oak
Guillerme et Chambron Angular Corner Sofa for Votre Maison, 1960s
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in ABCOUDE, UT
Stunning corner sofa by designers Robert Guillerme and Jacques Chambron for "Votre maison", France 1960s. Oak structure, seat and back in original purple wool fabric. Two rectangular...
Category
1950s Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Oak
$2,465 Sale Price
30% Off
Guillerme et Chambron, Oak Stool, Edition Votre Maison, circa 1970
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Guillerme et Chambron, oak stool, Edition Votre Maison circa 1970.
Category
Late 20th Century French Modern Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Oak
Guillerme et Chambron, Set of Six Oak & Straw Dining Chairs, France, Mid-Century
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in New York, NY
Upholstered in Dedar fabric.
Robert Guillerme studied design and architecture at the École Boule, graduating in 1934. After the Second World War he moved to Lille, in the north of...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Oak, Straw
Guillerme et Chambron, Oak Chest of Drawers, Edition Votre Maison
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Guillerme et Chambron, oak chest of drawers. Edition Votre Maison.
Opening with 1 drawers circa 1960.
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Oak, Ceramic
Guillerme & Chambron, Josette, Oak & Ceramic Side Table France C 1960
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in New York, NY
Edition table Josette.
Tilework executed by B. Danikowski.
Robert Guillerme placed equal emphasis on function and aesthetics, creating a look as staid as it was arresting. While hi...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Oak
Guillerme et Chambron, Large Oak Desk, Edition Votre Maison, circa 1950/1960
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Guillerme et Chambron, Large oak and marble desk. Edition Votre Maison, circa 1950/1960
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Marble, Iron
Guillerme et Chambron, Oak Sideboard Edition Votre Maison, circa 1950-1960
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Guillerme et Chambron, oak sideboard edition Votre Maison, circa 1950-1960
ceramics by Boleslaw Danikowski.
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Oak
Guillerme et Chambron, Set of 6 Oak Chairs, Edition Votre Maison, circa 1960
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Guillerme et Chambron, Set of 6 Oak Chairs, Edition Votre Maison, circa 1960
Possibility of having more chairs in the model
6 other chairs of the same model are available in another...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Oak
Guillerme & Chambron Trunk or Side Bench in Black Oak
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Guillerme et Chambron for Votre Maison, trunk or side bench, oak, brass, France, 1960s
This rare cubic blanket chest is made by the designer duo Guillerme & Chambron. This particula...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Brass
Guillerme et Chambron, rare pair Chairs, Edition Votre Maison, circa 1970/1980
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Guillerme et Chambron, rare pair Chairs, Edition Votre Maison, circa 1970/1980
Votre maison : a style, a concept, a mindset.
The Votre Maison story begins in 1940 in Prussia, n...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Oak
Guillerme et Chambron, Solid Oak Cabinet Edition Votre Maison, circa 1970-1980
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Guillerme et Chambron, solid oak cabinet. Edition Votre Maison, circa 1970-1980.
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Oak
Guillerme and Chambron psyche mirror in Oak and ceramic , Edition Votre Maison
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Guillerme and Chambron psyche mirror in Oak and ceramic , Edition Votre Maison
The mirror pivots
A tile is broken
The tiles can be replaced
Votre maison : a style, a concept, a mi...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Oak, Mirror
Guillerme and Chambron, rare oak table, Edition Votre Maison circa 1950/1960
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Guillerme et Chambron,
This table is a very rare model, part of the first productions of Votre Maison, of which Robert Guillerme was the cabinetmaker.
We have been specialists in ...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Oak
Guillerme et Chambron, Rare corner cabinet , Edition Votre Maison, circa 1950
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Guillerme et Chambron, Rare corner cabinet , Edition Votre Maison, circa 1950
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Guillerme & Chambron ‘Grégoire’ Stool in Black Oak and Pink Upholstery
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Guillerme et Chambron for Votre Maison, stool, lacquered oak, wool, France, 1960s
This stool in black lacquered oak construction is the perfect example where functionality and aesth...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Oak, Wool
Guillerme et Chambron, Rare Desk, Edition Votre Maison, circa 1950/1960
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Guillerme et Chambron, rare desk, Edition Votre Maison, circa 1950/1960.
Votre maison : a style, a concept, a mindset.
The Votre Maison story begins in 1940 in Prussia, near the M...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Oak, Faux Leather
Guillerme et Chambron Pair of side tables in oak and ceramic, Votre Maison 1970
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Guillerme et Chambron Pair of side tables in oak and ceramic,Votre Maison 1970
Votre maison : a style, a concept, a mindset.
The Votre Maison story begins in 1940 in Prussia, near...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Oak
Guillerme et Chambron, pair of "Denis" Oak Armchair Edited by Votre Maison 1970
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Guillerme et Chambron, pair of "Denis" Oak Armchair Edited by Votre Maison 1970
Votre maison : a style, a concept, a mindset.
The Votre Maison story begins in 1940 in Prussia, ne...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Oak
Guillerme et Chambron, Rare Oak Armchairs Edition Votre Maison circa 1960
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Guillerme et Chambron, Rare Oak Armchairs Edition Votre Maison circa 1960
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Oak
Guillerme et Chambron, Charlotte, Side Chair, France, circa 1960
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in New York, NY
Guillerme placed equal emphasis on function and aesthetics, creating an aesthetic as staid as it was arresting. While his work was in many ways distinctively conservative and recogni...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Rattan, Oak
Guillerme et Chambron, Oak Desk, Edition Votre Maison, circa 1960
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Guillerme et Chambron, oak desk, Edition Votre Maison circa 1960.
Votre maison : a style, a concept, a mindset.
The Votre Maison story begins in 1940 in Prussia, near the Mazaurien Lake. A stalag, a wooden camp... Gathered by the absurd consequences of war, men from different universes are here. Among them, Jacques Chambron and Robert Guillerme struggle daily to preserve what matters most to them : human dignity.
The war is endless. To bear the present they design a project for future.
Winter 1944 : the war comes to an end. With other companions in exile, Chambron and Guillerme escape and cross the Nazi line, and join the port of Odessa, the Bosphore and Marseille in France.
It is now 1946 and war –torn France is a land of severe restrictions in need of reconstruction. Both men return to their original occupations. Guillerme with a 1934 major from “Ecole Boule” moves back to Lille to design furniture for Atelier Rogie. Chambron, who holds an art degree, returns to his studio in Paris to paint. Because of time and distance contact is limited between them.
In 1948 Jacques Chambron and his family move to Lille and the initial project begins to take shape. Chambron and Guillerme meet Emile Dariosecq, a furniture manufacturer, and in 1949 the company Votre Maison sees the light.
Guillerme designs the furniture, Chambron markets it and Dariosecq manufactures it. Together they define a new style and impose a new concept. The originality of their collaroration reflects on the furniture. Quickly the style Votre Maison is defined as quality furniture that is easy to leave with. Guillerme designs chests, sideboards, chairs, sofas, lighting, all complementing one another and manufactured in limited editions. Wood, leather, ceramic and fabric, all design are sincere and authentic.
Chambron plays an important part in making the public accept this new furniture and convinces them to move away from the common place. Distribution of the furniture is done primarily through the company itself, on some occasions by architects and interior designers.
In the early seventies, Hervé Chambron, Jacques'son, joins the Votre Maison company. Also a graduate from Ecole Boule, he becomes Robert Guillerme's assistant and creates his own designs from 1983, bthe year when Jacques Chambron and Robert Guillerme retire.
Today, the designs of Robert Guillerme are referred to as “French wood furniture...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Faux Leather, Oak
Guillerme et Chambron French Oak "Étagère Bookcase, Circa 1960s
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in San Antonio, TX
Solid oak Étagère bookcase designed by Guillerme et Chambron for Votre Maison, France, circa 1960s. This brutalist rustic style bookshelf is freestanding and features 6 shelves and a...
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Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Oak
Guillerme et Chambron, 2 Blackened Oak Stools, Edition Votre Maison
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Guillerme et Chambron, 2 blackened oak stools, Edition Votre Maison, circa 1970.
the price is for 1 STOOL
Two stools are available
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Late 20th Century French Modern Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Oak
Guillerme et Chambron f side table in oak and ceramic, Votre Maison 1970
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Guillerme et Chambron side table in oak and ceramic, Votre Maison 1970
Votre maison : a style, a concept, a mindset.
The Votre Maison story begins in 1940 in Prussia, near the Ma...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Oak
Guillerme et Chambron, Sectional Sofas, Edition Votre Maison, 1970
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Guillerme et Chambron, sectional sofas , with 3 chairs (90 x 60 x 85cm).
Edition Votre Maison, 1970.
Votre maison : a style, a concept, a mindset.
The Votre Maison story begins...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Oak
Guillerme et Chambron, Chaise Véronique, Set of Four Side Chairs, France, C 1970
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in New York, NY
Robert Guillerme studied design and architecture at the École Boule, graduating in 1934. After the Second World War he moved to Lille, in the north of France, where he decorated homes and designed furniture for the well regarded Rogier workshops.
In 1948 Jacques Chambron left his work as a painter and decorator on the Rue Nollet in Paris, and relocated his family to join Guillerme. The two had met in 1940 while imprisoned by the Germans in East Prussia and bonded over, among other more obvious things, their shared passion for design. In 1949 the pair discovered Émile Dariosecq, a master cabinet maker who had a shop in the city, and who was willing to produce their designs. The three started Votre Maison.
The association was destined to be as influential as prolific. Not only did Votre Maison produce over two thousand models during the later half of the twentieth century, it also left an indelible stamp on design of the 50s, 60s and 70s. The company’s output served as a model for a vast field of livable contemporaneous design.
The soul of Guillerme et Chambron’s work was in the company’s name (“Your House"). Their focus was as keenly attuned to functionality—furniture’s use in daily life—as to the creation of innovative design. For the pair of designers the home was envisioned as a place where the family could live both comfortably and in aesthetic harmony.
Robert Guillerme, who designed most of the work, possessed a limitless creative ambition, producing designs for everything from grand dressers and sideboards to the smallest elements of a space, such as pedestals, shelving, benches, and lighting.
This steady output of beautiful furniture bucked convention not merely in the equal emphasis Guillerme placed on function and aesthetics, but in the almost paradoxical creation...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Oak
Guillerme et Chambron, Tall Oak Clock, France, Mid-20th Century
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in New York, NY
Guillerme placed equal emphasis on function and aesthetics, creating an aesthetic as staid as it was arresting. While his work was in many ways distinctively conservative and recogni...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Oak
Guillerme et Chambron, Cabinet in Oak, Edition Votre Maison, circa 1960/1970
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Guillerme et Chambron, cabinet in oak, Edition Votre Maison circa 1960/1970.
Votre maison : a style, a concept, a mindset.
The Votre Maison story begins in 1940 in Prussia, near t...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Brass
Guillerme et Chambron, Midcentury Buffet with Sliding Doors, France, circa 1950
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in New York, NY
This midcentury buffet in a light, veneered oak has sliding doors and drawers, and was made by the celebrated French designer Robert Guillerme, as part of a line of midcentury design...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Oak
Guillerme et Chambron oak side chair Edition "Votre Maison" circa 1970
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Guillerme et Chambron oak side chair Edition "Votre Maison" circa 1970
Votre maison : a style, a concept, a mindset.
The Votre Maison story begins in 1940 in Prussia, near the Mazaurien Lake. A stalag, a wooden camp... Gathered by the absurd consequences of war, men from different universes are here. Among them, Jacques Chambron and Robert Guillerme struggle daily to preserve what matters most to them : human dignity.
The war is endless. To bear the present they design a project for future.
Winter 1944 : the war comes to an end. With other companions in exile, Chambron and Guillerme escape and cross the Nazi line, and join the port of Odessa, the Bosphore and Marseille in France.
It is now 1946 and war –torn France is a land of severe restrictions in need of reconstruction. Both men return to their original occupations. Guillerme with a 1934 major from “Ecole Boule” moves back to Lille to design furniture for Atelier Rogie. Chambron, who holds an art degree, returns to his studio in Paris to paint. Because of time and distance contact is limited between them.
In 1948 Jacques Chambron and his family move to Lille and the initial project begins to take shape. Chambron and Guillerme meet Emile Dariosecq, a furniture manufacturer, and in 1949 the company Votre Maison sees the light.
Guillerme designs the furniture, Chambron markets it and Dariosecq manufactures it. Together they define a new style and impose a new concept. The originality of their collaroration reflects on the furniture. Quickly the style Votre Maison is defined as quality furniture that is easy to leave with. Guillerme designs chests, sideboards, chairs, sofas, lighting, all complementing one another and manufactured in limited editions. Wood, leather, ceramic and fabric, all design are sincere and authentic.
Chambron plays an important part in making the public accept this new furniture and convinces them to move away from the common place. Distribution of the furniture is done primarily through the company itself, on some occasions by architects and interior designers.
In the early seventies, Hervé Chambron, Jacques'son, joins the Votre Maison company. Also a graduate from Ecole Boule, he becomes Robert Guillerme's assistant and creates his own designs from 1983, bthe year when Jacques Chambron and Robert Guillerme retire.
Today, the designs of Robert Guillerme are referred to as “French wood furniture...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Oak
Guillerme et Chambron, Set of 6 Oak Chairs, Edition Votre Maison, circa 1960
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Guillerme et Chambron, Set of 6 Oak Chairs, Edition Votre Maison, circa 1960
Possibility of having more chairs in the model
Votre maison : a style, a concept, a mindset.
The Vot...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Oak
Guillerme et Chambron 2 Wall Sconces, Votre Maison Edition
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Guillerme et Chambron 2 wall sconces in oak. Votre Maison Edition
Shades missing.
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Oak
Guillerme et Chambron, pair of solid oak bedside tables circa 1960/1970
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Guillerme et Chambron,
pair of solid oak bedside tables circa 1960/1970,
Edition Votre Maison
Votre maison : a style, a concept, a mindset.
The Votre Maison story begins in 194...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Furniture
Materials
Oak
Votre Maison furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Votre Maison furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of wood and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Votre Maison furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original furniture by Votre Maison were created in the mid-century modern style in france during the mid-20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Charles Dudouyt, Pierre Chapo, and Ligne Roset. Prices for Votre Maison furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $3,400 and can go as high as $20,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $12,000.
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