In the Manner of Jean Pascaud, Wrought Iron Armchair, France, C. 1935

Pair of Art Deco side tables in the manner of Jean Pascaud. Blond mahogany, oak marquetry, bronze sabots, France, circa 1950.

Like other great designers of his era Jean Pascaud was as much a traditionalist as an innovator. He shied away from the bland, in-styles of the 1930s. His work is simple, yet technic...

Stamped: Groupe des ébénistes d’art Paris. A well-proportioned piece by the Deco great Jean Pascaud, this mahogany table features a lovely round top and subtly curved legs which ter...

Set of three leather and cast iron armchairs in the manner of Jacques Adnet.

French mid-century light mahogany armchair with gilt bronze sabot feet and armrest supported by gilt bronze eagles with brown upholstery. Signed by Vadim Androusov for Jean Pascaud (ref: Les Decorateurs des annee 40, pg 172). Jean Pascaud was born in Rouen in 1903. He took a degree in engineering from the Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures, but his passion for furniture and décor, and the influence of his father in law, Auguste Bluysen, (then President of the Société des Architectes Modernes), led Pascaud to abandon a more traditional career and take up furniture design instead. By the late 1920s Pascaud regularly at the Salon des Tuileries, at the Salon d'Automne, the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs, and the Arts Ménagers. His work is simple, yet technically ambitious and brilliant; his pieces are impressively large, but aesthetically balanced. Vadim Androusov was born in St. Petersburg in 1895. He was a grandson of the archeologist Schliemann. He arrived in Paris in 1920 and took classes at La Grande Chaumière academy; Bourdelle was one of his professors. His first sculptures date from 1925 and depict female figures and characters drawn from classical antiquity. He rarely used bronze, preferring terracotta, plaster, wood, and stone. He showed his creations at the Salon des Tuileries and the Salon des Indépendants. While a sculptor, he also collaborated with interior decorators and created wall-mounted light fixtures, furniture pulls...

Set of 10 French 1940s mahogany chairs with grey upholstery on tapering square legs with ormolu sabot. 2 arms and 8 sides/arm: 23¼"w x 22"d x 33½"h) (att: JEAN PASCAUD)

Three have brass sabots and three with nickel over brass (as found in France). They are intended to be used alternating finishes. Tapered legs with squared sabots. Nailhead trim t...

Square section wrought iron chair with comfortable curved back. Twelve available.