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Votre Maison Seating

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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Creator: Votre Maison
Guillerme et Chambron, Oak Stool, Edition Votre Maison, circa 1970
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Guillerme et Chambron, oak stool, Edition Votre Maison circa 1970.
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Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Votre Maison Seating

Materials

Oak

Guillerme et Chambron, Oak Stool, Edition Votre Maison, circa 1970
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Guillerme et Chambron, oak stool, Edition Votre Maison, circa 1970.
Category

Late 20th Century French Modern Votre Maison Seating

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. full restored.
Category

Mid-20th Century French Modern Votre Maison Seating

Materials

Oak

Guillerme et Chambron, 1960 Oak Armchair Edited by Votre Maison
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Guillerme et Chambron, 1970 oak armchair edited by Votre Maison. modele " EDOUARD" Votre maison : a style, a concept, a mindset. The Votre Maison story begins in 1940 in Prussia...
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Seating

Materials

Oak

Guillerme et Chambron ‘Juliette’ Sofa, France 1955
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in ABCOUDE, UT
Gorgeous ‘Juliette’ sofa designed by Robert Guillerme et Jacques Chambron, France 1955. These sofas have very nice open structure made of solid oak carved spines, that is what this d...
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1950s Vintage Votre Maison Seating

Materials

Fabric, Oak

Rare Corner Armchair circa 1960 by Guillerme and Chambron, "Votre Maison"
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Rare corner armchair circa 1960, by Guillerme and Chambron, edition "Votre Maison". Votre maison : a style, a concept, a mindset. The Votre Maison story begins in 1940 in Prussia,...
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Seating

Materials

Oak

Guillerme et Chambron, 1960 Oak Armchair Edited by Votre Maison
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Guillerme et Chambron, 1960 oak armchair edited by Votre Maison. modele " Marius" Votre maison : a style, a concept, a mindset. The Votre Maison s...
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Seating

Materials

Oak

Guillerme et Chambron, pair of oak stool Edited by Votre Maison 1970
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
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...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Seating

Materials

Oak

Guillerme & Chambron Sectional Seating Elements 'Elmyre' in Oak
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Guillerme et Chambron for Votre Maison, sectional lounge pieces or lounge chairs, fabric, oak, France, 1960s Beautiful sectional 'Elmyre' elements that can be positioned in any pref...
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Seating

Materials

Fabric, Oak

Guillerme et Chambron, Grand repos, Set of Three Armchairs, France, 1960
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in New York, NY
Robert 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 ...
Category

Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Votre Maison Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Oak

Guillerme et Chambron, 1970 Oak Armchair Edited by Votre Maison
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Guillerme et Chambron, 1970 oak armchair edited by Votre Maison. Votre maison : a style, a concept, a mindset. The Votre Maison story begins in 1940 in Prussia, near the Mazaurie...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Seating

Materials

Oak

Guillerme et Chambron, Pétronille, Armchair, France, Mid-20th Century
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in New York, NY
Robert 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 ...
Category

Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Votre Maison Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Oak

Guillerme et Chambron, set of ten oak chairs. Edition Votre Maison, circa 1970.
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Guillerme et Chambron, set of ten oak chairs. Edition Votre Maison, circa 1970. the wool fabric has been replaced and is in very good condition
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Late 20th Century French Modern Votre Maison Seating

Materials

Wool, Oak

Guillerme et Chambron, 1970 Oak Armchair "grand repos" Edited by Votre Maison
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Guillerme et Chambron, 1970 Grand Repos , oak armchair edited by Votre Maison. The fabric is very dirty, the structure in good condition Votre maison : a style, a concept, a mindse...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Seating

Materials

Oak

Fauteuils "Catherine"
By Votre Maison
Located in Paris, FR
Robert Guillerme & Jacques Chambron for Votre Maison Catherine armchairs measuring 88 x 69 x 60 cm Upholstered in new cotton bouclette.
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Mid-20th Century European Votre Maison Seating

Materials

Cotton, Wood

Guillerme et Chambron, Pair of Oak Armchairs, Edition Votre Maison, circa 1950
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Guillerme et Chambron, pair of oak armchairs. Edition Votre Maison, circa 1950.
Category

1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Seating

Materials

Oak

Guillerme et Chambron, "Petronille" Oak Armchair Edition Votre Maison, circa1970
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Guillerme et Chambron, "Petronille " oak armchair Edition Votre Maison circa 1970.
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Late 20th Century French Modern Votre Maison Seating

Materials

Oak

Guillerme et Chambron, rare "Maria" Oak Armchair Edited by Votre Maison 1950
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Guillerme et Chambron, rare Maria Oak Armchair Edited by Votre Maison 1950 Please note: pillows are not available thanks 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

1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Seating

Materials

Oak

Guillerme et Chambron, Set of Six Oak Armchairs, Edition Votre Maison
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Guillerme et Chambron, set of six oak armchairs, Fumay model. Edition Votre Maison, circa 1960. Full restored, new woolen upholstery. Possibility to have more "Fumay" armchairs and...
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1960s French Modern Vintage Votre Maison Seating

Materials

Oak

Guillerme & Chambron, Pair of Oak Stools with Concave Seats, 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...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Votre Maison Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Oak

Guillerme and Chambron, 4 chairs in oak model "Fumay" edition Votre Maison 1970
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Guillerme and Chambron, 4 chairs in oak model "Fumay" edition Votre Maison circa 1970 good condition.  
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Votre Maison Seating

Materials

Oak

Guillerme et Chambron, Set of 6 Oak Chairs, Edition Votre Maison, circa 1960
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
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...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Votre Maison Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Oak

Guillerme et Chambron, Oak shelf and Stool, Edition Votre Maison, circa 1970
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Guillerme et Chambron, oak stool and his shelf Edition Votre Maison circa 1970. Measures: Shelf : 36 x 56 x 30 cm.
Category

Late 20th Century French Modern Votre Maison Seating

Materials

Oak

Guillerme et Chambron, Six Oak Chairs, Edition Votre Maison, circa 1970
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Guillerme et Chambron, six oak chairs. Edition Votre Maison, circa 1970. Foams to change. The patina is dirty.
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Late 20th Century French Modern Votre Maison Seating

Materials

Wool, Oak

Guillerme et Chambron, Set of 4 Oak Chairs, Edition Votre Maison, circa 1960
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Guillerme et Chambron, Set of 4 Oak Chairs, "Thierry" Edition Votre Maison, circa 1960 Votre maison : a style, a concept, a mindset. The Votre Maison story begins in 1940 in Prus...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Votre Maison Seating

Materials

Oak

Stool circa 1970 by Guillerme and Chambron, Edition "Votre Maison"
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Stool circa 1970, by Guillerme and Chambron, edition "Votre Maison". Votre maison : a style, a concept, a mindset. The Votre Maison story begins in 1940 in Prussia, near the Mazau...
Category

1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Seating

Materials

Oak, Wool

Stool circa 1970 by Guillerme and Chambron, Edition "Votre Maison"
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Stool circa 1970, by Guillerme and Chambron, edition "Votre Maison". Votre maison : a style, a concept, a mindset. The Votre Maison story begins in 1940 in Prussia, near the Mazau...
Category

1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Seating

Materials

Wool, 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
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Oak

Guillerme et Chambron, Pair of 1970 Oak stools 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...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Seating

Materials

Oak

Guillerme et Chambron pair of oak side chair Edition "Votre Maison" circa 1970
By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron
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 Ma...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Seating

Materials

Oak

Guillerme et Chambron, four 1960 Oak Armchair Edited by Votre Maison
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Guillerme et Chambron, 1960 oak armchair edited by Votre Maison. modele " Marius" Price is for one 4 are available 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

1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Seating

Materials

Oak

Guillerme et Chambron, 1960 Oak Armchair Edited by Votre Maison
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Guillerme et Chambron, 1960 oak armchair edited by Votre Maison. Votre maison : a style, a concept, a mindset. The Votre Maison story begins in 19...
Category

1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Seating

Materials

Oak

Guillerme et Chambron, 1960 Oak Armchair Edited by Votre Maison
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Guillerme et Chambron, 1970 oak armchair edited by Votre Maison. modele " EDOUARD" Votre maison : a style, a concept, a mindset. The Votre Maison story begins in 1940 in Prussia...
Category

1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Seating

Materials

Oak

Guillerme and Chambron, Suite of 6 Chairs, Edition Votre Maison , circa 1970
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Guillerme et Chambron, Suite of 6 oak chairs Edition "Votre Maison", circa 1970. Votre maison : a style, a concept, a mindset. The Votre Maison story begins in 1940 in Prussia, n...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Seating

Materials

Cotton, Oak

Guillerme and Chambron, Suite of 6 Chairs, circa 1970
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Guillerme et Chambron, Suite of 6 oak chairs Edition "Votre Maison", circa 1970. wood and fabric in very good condition, foam a little soft. Votre maison : a style, a concept, a min...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Seating

Materials

Oak, Cotton

Guillerme and Chambron, Suite of 6 Chairs Model "Marie-Claire", circa 1970
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Guillerme and Chambron, Suite of 6 chairs model "Marie-Claire" Edition "Votre Maison", circa 1970. fully restored. Votre maison : a style, a concept, a mindset. The Votre Maison s...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Seating

Materials

Oak

Guillerme and Chambron, Suite of 6 Chairs Model "Marie-Claire", circa 1970
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Guillerme et Chambron, Suite of 6 oak chairs Edition "Votre Maison", circa 1970. Votre maison : a style, a concept, a mindset. The Votre Maison story begins in 1940 in Prussia, n...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Votre Maison Seating

Materials

Oak

Votre Maison seating for sale on 1stDibs.

Votre Maison seating 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 seating, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original seating by Votre Maison were created in the mid-century modern style in europe during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider seating by Ligne Roset, Pierre Chapo, and Maison Jansen. Prices for Votre Maison seating can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $839 and can go as high as $19,972, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $6,470.

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