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Photos, information, inventory and shipping are available. Be safe and be well. Gary, Janet and Chris Calderwood Calderwood Gallery is a world-class resource for original French Art Deco (1910-1950) furniture by renowned designers. The gallery was founded in 1982 by Janet and Gary Calderwood, joined some years later by their son, Chris Calderwood. The gallery has a vast inventory of works by Ruhlmann, Dufrene, Jallot, Follot, Arbus, Leleu, Dominique, Sue et Mare, and their contemporaries from the first half of the 20th century through mid-century modern. Calderwood ...Read More

Calderwood Gallery

Established in 19821stDibs seller since 2008

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20th Century Specialists

Featured Pieces

Adnet-style single armchair/desk chair
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Modernist Art Deco single armchair/desk chair, circa 1935, in the style of Jacques Adnet. This chair is solid macassar ebony and is restored, refinished, upholstered, and read...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Macassar

Nics Freres forged iron console
By Nics Freres
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Classic French Art Deco console by Nics Freres, circa 1925, in forged iron 38” wide x 34” high x 16” deep. The Nics brothers, Michel and Jules, were Hungarian metalworkerss and fur...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Console Tables

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Iron

Nics Freres forged iron console
By Nics Freres
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Classic French Art Deco console by Nics Freres, circa 1925, in forged iron. 51” wide x 34” high x 16” deep. The Nics brothers, Michel and Jules, were Hungarian metalworkerss and f...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Console Tables

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Iron

Tony Selmersheim desk
By Tony Selmersheim
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Created circa 1912, during the transitional years between French Art Nouveau and Art Deco, this desk by Tony Selmersheim is fabricated in pearwood and satinwood, with inlays of purp...
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Vintage 1910s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables

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Pearwood, Purpleheart, Satinwood

Lucien Rollin Art Deco desk
By Lucien Rollin
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Modernist Art Deco desk by Lucien Rollin, circa 1935, in oak with bronze drawer pulls. This desk is part of an office suite by Rollin (please see #1135 for the entire suite) and is available with or without its matching armless chair. The desk is 51” wide x 31.5” deep x 29.5” high and the open height beneath the apron is 23.5”. Lucien Rollin studied at the Ecole Boulle in Paris. Following his studies Rollin worked in the studio of the Master of Art Deco, Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann. Later he returned to the Ecole Boulle while he worked for the architect Michel Roux-Spitz. Rollin participated in Ruhlmann’s Hotel du Collectionneur pavilion at the 1925 Exposition Internationales des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris (now called the 1925 Expo – the exhibition which later launched the term “Art Deco”). In 1928 Rollin set up his own studio and was influenced by a diversity of sources including Ruhlmann, Frank Lloyd Wright, classical Greek and Louis XVI styles. He became a prolific designer of Art Moderne furniture...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables

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Bronze

Leon Jallot desk in macassar ebony
By Léon Jallot
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Classic French Art Deco desk designed by Leon Jallot, circa 1925, in macassar ebony with sculpted panels. This desk is unrestored in the photographs. Dimensions are 53” wide x 31.5” ...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables

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Macassar

Raymond Subes chrome plated console
By Raymond Subes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French modernist chrome plated steel or bronze console by Raymond Subes. This console has with it the original black marble top and pedestals which go under the bases. Circa 1930. Th...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Console Tables

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Metal, Chrome

Arbus-style single high-backed armchair
By André Arbus
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Forties Art Deco single high-backed armchair in the style of Andre Arbus. This chair is mahogany, with a shield-shaped back and bronze mounts. It is 25” wide x 22.5” deep x 47...
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Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Armchairs

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Mahogany

Jules Leleu pair of 1940s armchairs
By Jules Leleu
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Forties Art Deco pair of high-backed armchairs by Jules Leleu in mahogany. These chairs have the original tapestry upholstery which is in excellent condition, and bronze mount...
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Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Armchairs

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Tapestry, Mahogany

Leon Jallot low table
By Léon Jallot
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Early Classic French Art Deco low table, circa 1920, by Leon Jallot, in cherry with burled ash top. This table is 23” in diameter x 18.75” high. LEON JALLOT (1874-1967) Born in Na...
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Side Tables

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Ash, Cherry, Burl

Gilbert Poillerat pair of gilt iron tables
By Gilbert Poillerat
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Forties Art Deco pair of gilt forged iron side tables by Gilbert Poillerat. These tables are 30” diameter x 25” high. Model is in the collection of the French le Mobilier Nati...
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Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Side Tables

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Iron

Maurice Dufrene cabinet in purpleheart and kingwood
By Maurice Dufrêne
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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....
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Cabinets

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Mother-of-Pearl, Ebony, Kingwood, Maple, Purpleheart, Burl

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