Calderwood Gallery

French Modernist cabinet attributed to Saddier et Fils, circa 1935 in French walnut with bronze fittings. This cabinet is 71” W x 21” D x 40” H and has very nice stylized sculpting. ...

French Art Nouveau small cabinet by Louis Majorelle, circa 1900-03, with exotic hardwood marquetry in a wisteria motif. 25" wide x 58" tall x 12" deep. Documented. LOUIS MAJORELLE ...

French Art Deco semainier in teak with bronze fittings.

French walnut with silvered bronze sculpted plaques and pulls. Model presented at the Salon des Artistes Decorateurs, 1920. Pictured in period documentation.

French modernist cabinet. Pictured in period documentation.

Classic French Art Deco cabinet (documented), by Jules Leleu (signed), in amboyna with inlaid medallion and original Breche marble top. Completely and correctly restored and refinish...

French Art Deco cabinet by Rousseau et Lardin, circa 1940, in rosewood with gilt-detailed parchment doors and bronze mount. Side vitrines lined in figur...

Classic French Art Deco cabinet, circa 1925, by MAURICE DUFRENE in purpleheart, kingwood, and ebony. Marquetry in exotic hardwoods and mother-of-pearl. The interior is in maple burl....

French Art Deco cabinet by Maxime Old in rosewood with original parchment front and bronze mounts. Signed on verso with full signature. 89" long x 19" deep x 39" high. Maxime Old was (1910-1991) born in Maisons-Alfort (a suburb of Paris), France. He was the grandson and son of fine cabinetmakers. He received his formal training at Ecole Boulle in Paris and his work attracted the attention of the influential school director, Andre Frechet...

Early Classic Art Deco display cabinet/vitrine by Paul Follot, circa 1918, in original blue/black lacquer and with original gilding. This exquisite cabinet is a masterpiece of sculpt...

French Early Classic Art Deco cabinet/vitrine by Maurice Dufrene, circa 1912, in gilt sculpted wood . This cabinet is pictured in Dufrène's own Hôtel Parrticulier (private residence), at 22, rue Bayard in Paris, taken in 1918 (see photo below). The lemonwood version of this cabinet was exhibited at the Salon d’Automne in 1912 and is now on permanent display at the Musee d’Orsay in Paris (see photo below). This cabinet is in original condition and a scan of the original drawing is shown here. Maurice Dufrêne (1876 - 1955) One of the premiere French designers of the 20th Century, Maurice Dufrene was born in Paris in 1876. He was educated at Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs in Paris. By 1899, at the age of just 23, he became the director and manager of La Maison Moderne. This shop represented an association of artists who were working together to create designs which could be produced in multiples. Dufrene's work was first shown at salons in 1902 and from 1903 he regularly exhibited at Salon d'Automne and Salons of Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts. At the 1925 Paris Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes (which would later give the movement "Art Deco" its name), Dufrene's designs included luxury boutiques, the living room of Une Ambassade Francaise pavilion, the music salon...

French Art Deco post-war cabinet in slip-matched ash parquetry with bronze pulls and mounts. Documented.