Batistin Spade, Oak Upholstered Bench with Curved Frame, France, circa 1946

Robert Guillerme studied design and architecture at the École Boule, graduating in 1934. After the Second World War he moved to Lille, in the north of France, where he decorated homes and designed furniture for the well regarded Rogier workshops. In 1948 Jacques Chambron left his work as a painter and decorator on the Rue Nollet in Paris, and relocated his family to join Guillerme. The two had met in 1940 while imprisoned by the Germans in East Prussia and bonded over, among other more obvious things, their shared passion for design. In 1949 the pair discovered Émile Dariosecq, a master cabinet maker who had a shop in the city, and who was willing to produce their designs. The three started Votre Maison. The association was destined to be as influential as prolific. Not only did Votre Maison produce over two thousand models during the later half of the twentieth century, it also left an indelible stamp on design of the 50s, 60s and 70s. The company’s output served as a model for a vast field of livable contemporaneous design. The soul of Guillerme et Chambron’s work was in the company’s name (“Your House"). Their focus was as keenly attuned to functionality—furniture’s use in daily life—as to the creation of innovative design. For the pair of designers the home was envisioned as a place where the family could live both comfortably and in aesthetic harmony. Robert Guillerme, who designed most of the work, possessed a limitless creative ambition, producing designs for everything from grand dressers and sideboards to the smallest elements of a space, such as pedestals, shelving, benches, and lighting. This steady output of beautiful furniture bucked convention not merely in the equal emphasis Guillerme placed on function and aesthetics, but in the almost paradoxical creation...

This midcentury curved sofa by the celebrated French designer Robert Guillerme, was created as part of a line of design he produced for the company Votre Maison. In polished oak and ...

Guillerme placed equal emphasis on function and aesthetics, creating an aesthetic as staid as it was arresting. While his work was in many ways distinctively conservative and recogni...

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Solid French oak Reconstruction era bench. In the style of "Sinistrés" furniture designed by René Gabriel. New Pierre Frey "Teddy" mohair upholstery. This bench will ship from Franc...

A French Art Deco bleached walnut bench from circa 1930 with brass feet and new custom linen upholstery. This exquisite French Art Deco bench,...

A Rare and Exquisite French Art Deco Bench in Burled Walnut in a sleek, modern U Shaped, 'Waterfall" form. The piece uses beautiful burled walnut materials and a classic, timeless form and is set low off the ground for a dramatic appearance. The bench is from the circle of Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann and is attributed Michel Roux-Spitz. Dimensions: Height with upholstered seat: 17; Height of wood base alone is 10.5”; the width is 31.25, diameter is 11.25. Additional References: Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Dominique, Paul Follot, , André Groult, Louis Sϋe and André Mare, Maurice Dufrêne, Clement Rousseau, Clement Mere, Eugene Printz, Albert Armand...