Calderwood Gallery

French Art Deco two pairs of club chair by Alfred Porteneuve, circa 1938. Signed. 32” wide x 33” deep x 33” high. Unrestored in the photographs. ALFRED PORTENEUVE (1896 – 1949) Tr...

Pair of French Art Deco armchairs/pull-up chairs by Jean Pascaud, circa 1935. 23.5” wide x 23.5” deep x 34.5” high. Arm height is 28. PLEASE NOTE THIS PAIR OF CHAIRS IS UNRESTORED I...

Classic French Art Deco pair of pull-up armchairs by Paul Follot in sculpted cherry, circa 1928. 26” wide x 23” deep x 34” high. PAUL FOLLOT (1877 - 1958) Paris-born decorative ar...

French Art Nouveau/early transitional seating suite by Leon Jallot, circa 1908, in sculpted French walnut. Documented. Settee: 51” wide x 28” deep x 32” high Chairs: 25” wide x 25”...

French Modernist Art Deco single club chair by DIM (Joubert et Petit) together with original footstool. 26” wide x 32” deep x 30” high. Chair and footstool are unrestored in the pho...

French Forties Art Deco ship’s benches - two available, originally locked together. 39” wide x 21” deep x 18” high. Designer unknown.

French Modernist Art Deco club chair, circa 1928, by Albert Guenot. 27” wide x 37” deep x 32” high. Unrestored in the photographs. Documented l’Art Vivant, 1928.

French Art Deco pair of armchairs by Jacques Adnet with a black French polish finish, circa 1935. 22” wide x 20” deep x 35” high. Unrestored in the photographs. JACQUES ADNET (1900...

French Art Deco pair of round-backed armchairs by Jean Pascaud, circa 1935. 23” wide x 22” deep x 34” high. JEAN PASCAUD (1903-1996) JEAN PASCAUD was born in Rouen, France in 1903...

French Art Deco single desk/armchair by Pascaud in cherry with interesting shield-shaped back. 23” wide x 22” deep x 35” high. JEAN PASCAUD (1903-1996) JEAN PASCAUD was born in Ro...

French Modernist Art Deco pair of armchairs by DIM (Joubert et Petit) in mahogany, circa 1930. Picture-frame wood back and interesting curled wood details at backs of arms. 22” wide ...

French Forties Art Deco pair of armchairs in cerused oak, circa 1945. 22” wide x 24” deep x 34” high. Two pairs available. Designer unknown.

French Forties Art Deco armchairs by Jules Leleu in French Walnut with bronze mounts. 23” wide x 23” deep x 32” high. Documented. JULES-EMILE LELEU (1883-1961) French sculptor and...

French Forties Art Deco pair of arm/club chairs by Rene Prou. 31” wide x 33” deep x 34” high. Documented. These chairs currently are in the form of restored, refinished frames. The f...

French Art Nouveau pair of armchairs, circa 1910, by Leon Jallot in sculpted cherry. 28” wide x 26” deep x 31” high. Frame restored, ready to be upholstered. LEON JALLOT (1874-1967)...

French Forties Art Deco pair of club chairs by Rene Drouet. Recently reupholstered and usable. 40” wide x 36” deep x 30” high. RENE DROUET (1899-1993) Following his student time a...

Classic French Art Deco sofa/settee by Paul Follot, circa 1920, with ebonized frame and gilt highlights. 55” wide x 31” deep x 36” high. PAUL FOLLOT (1877 - 1958) Paris-born decor...

French Art Deco dining chairs by Dominique in beech, model from a French oceanliner, circa 1935. 21.5” wide x 23” deep x 32” high. Unrestored in the photos. Three chairs available. T...

French Art Deco side chair by Dominique in beech, model from a French oceanliner, circa 1935. 20” wide x 20” deep x 32” high. 3 of these chairs are available and may be purchased ind...

French Art Deco oak armchair, circa 1935, by Alfred Porteneuve in the style of Ruhlmann. This chair has been correctly restored and refinished and is ready to be upholstered. 25.5” w...

French Art Deco mahogany armchair, circa 1935, by Alfred Porteneuve in the style of Ruhlmann. This chair has been correctly restored and refinished and is ready to be upholstered. 25...

Classic French Art Deco pair of side chairs in gilt iron, circa 1920, by Maurice Dufrene. Restored and reupholstered, these chairs are 17” wide x 20” deep x 35” high. 20” high seat. ...

French Forties pair of armchairs by Rene Prou. These chairs are 24” wide x 23” deep x 32” high. They are in the original black patina and can be redone the same, patinated, or gilded...

French Forties single armchair by Jacques Adnet in gilt forged iron. This chair is unrestored in the photos, and has the original gilt finish. The chair is 21” wide x 23” deep x 34” ...

French Forties pair of armchairs by Ramsay in gilt forged iron. These director-style chairs are 22” wide x 19” deep x 32” high. Maison Ramsay was a design atelier in France, active f...

Early 1920s Classic Art Deco single large-scale armchair by Paul Follot. The frame of this extraordinary chair, in ebonized wood with gilt sculpted detailing, is restored and ready t...

French Art Nouveau pair of armchairs (en suite with #1715 and #1717) by Georges de Feure, model presented in the Bing Pavilion at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900. Sculpted p...

French Art Nouveau pair of sculpted pearwood side chairs (en suite with #1715 and #1716) by Georges de Feure, model presented in the Bing Pavilion at the Paris Exposition Universelle...

French Art Nouveau settee (en suite with #1716 and #1717) by Georges de Feure, model presented in the Bing Pavilion at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900. Sculpted pearwood, th...

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 Deco semainier in teak with bronze fittings.

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

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...

Early Classic French Art Deco side table/small cabinet by Lahalle et Levard, circa 1920. 19.5” wide x 12” deep x 26” high, in purple heart, boxwood, other exotic hardwoods, mother-of...

Classic French Art Deco chest of drawers. Burled mahogany with marquetry in exotic hardwoods and mother-of-pearl. Ebonized frame and legs with fluted sculpting, French, 1924. Suite d...

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

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...

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....

Cabinet by Michel Dufet.

French 1940s cabinet by Pierre-Paul Montagnac. Model exhibited at the 1945 Salon d'Automne. This cabinet is a masterpiece of French cabinet-making designed by Pierre-Paul Montagnac....

Classic French Art Deco cabinet by Jules Leleu (signed), circa 1925, in amboyna with interior fittings in mahogany, and with original Breche marble top. Completely and correctly rest...

French Modernist Art Deco cabinet by Eric Bagge in Brazilian rosewood and elm, with nickeled bronze lockplates, circa 1930. Measures: 52" wide x 63.5" high.

Classic French Art Deco cabinet by Henri Rapin, 1925, in cherry, rosewood, burled mahogany, ebony, and silvered metal. Finished interior with shelves. 31.5...

Classic French Art Deco cabinet by Sue et Mare, circa 1920, in blonde mahogany with gilt bronze mounts. Documented, please see photos. 32.5” wide x 15.5” deep x 61” high. SUE ET M...

French Modernist Art Deco pair of exceptional club chairs with footstool, circa 1932, by Dominique. French walnut with chromed bronze mounts. Large scale dramatic design with picture...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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” ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Classic French Art Deco dressing table/coiffeuse, circa 1922, by Maurice Dufrene in burled mahogany and ebonized wood, and with marquetry in exotic hardwoods, abalone and mother-of-p...

French Art Deco pair of armchairs in cherry by Jules Leleu, circa 1933. Restored, refinished and reupholstered. This model is 21.5” wide x 23” deep x 31” high. It is the model used b...