André Arbus style armchair, 1950s.

Pair of light wood armchairs with open backs, straw seat and turned front legs. France, 1950s.

Pair of green iron armchair, with an ondulation pattern at the top of the back. Spain, 1950s.

Pair of white painted tubular iron firesides armchairs with a ripple decoration on the belt and on the backrest . Spain, 1950s.

Barracuda edition shape for armchair.

Oak cabinet resting on four tapered legs surmounted by turned wooden uprights and opening by two doors in front. France, 1950s.

Armchair in black lacquered and painted wood with Japanese style decor, Napoleon III period. France, late 19th c.

French Forties Art Deco pair of large-scale armchairs in the style of Andre Arbus. 26” wide x 30” deep x 37” high. Andre Arbus (1903-1969) French Art Deco Architect and Designer, ANDRE ARBUS, was born in Toulouse, France and was a third-generation cabinetmaker. Arbus became active in the Salons of the Societe des Artistes Decorateurs and the Salon d’Automne in Paris in 1925 at the young age of 22. His work included commissions for the 1922 oceanliner Bretagne, the 1927 La Provence and Ile-de-France as well as the 1961 France. He often used rare and exotic materials in his refined designs. These were elegant and pure and often gave the appearance of fragility – as in his neo-classical presentation at the Paris International Exposition of 1937. He compared the joints in his furniture to the joints of the human hand. His commissions also included private townhouses as well as Le Mobilier National for which he designed a desk for U.S. Ambassador W. H. Harriman, and the post World War II Medici Room of the Chateau de Rambouillet.

Pair of armchairs designed by Andre Arbus (1903-1996). Oak wood with silver colored patina and leather upholstery. France, circa 1940.

A beautiful variation from a set commissioned in 1945 by Georges Fontaine, administrator of the Mobilier national, for the layout of Jacques Jaujard'...

Andre Arbus armchair.

2 1940s French Art Deco armchair in the style of André Arbus. Rather in good condition, unfortunately there is a small hole on the seat of an armchair.

1940s French Art Deco armchair in the style of André Arbus.