Diamond chair by René Jean Caillette

Inclined Shelf in Oak by René Jean Caillette, 1950 Light oak, sloping design and very good state of preservation. René-Jean Caillette (1919 - 2005) studied at the Ecole Supérieure ...

Oak duckboard chair model 103 by René Gabriel, 1941 Chair by René Gabriel designed in 1941 for the provisional construction department. This was the first emergency furniture for vi...

Chair in oak and leather by René Gabriel, Norma, 1936 Oak chair with an upside down backrest and three bars following the shape of the back, the seat upholstered. Four legs, the f...

Set of 4 oak chairs with white fabric seat by René Gabriel, 1950s René Gabriel (1899 - 1950) is a precursor of French industrial design. He was one of the first to create, as early as the 1930s, economical mass-produced furniture combining aestheticism, robustness and sobriety, a source of inspiration for a whole generation of future designers. A student at the Germain Pilon School and then at the National School of Decorative Arts, René Gabriel began as a domino maker by designing and producing his own wallpapers, and then made his mark as a decorative artist in most of the salons and international exhibitions of the inter-war period. In 1927, he began his research into the creation of mass-produced furniture and proposed a piece of furniture composed of juxtaposable and superposable elements. He studied an economical version that he presented in 1934 at the Salon des arts ménagers under the name of RG elements. Another major turning point came in 1944, when the Ministry of Reconstruction and Urban Planning commissioned him to create emergency furniture. A fervent advocate of furniture for all, René Gabriel designed numerous models for disaster victims by establishing close ties with industry. He also collaborated with Auguste Perret...

René-Jean Caillette (1919-2004) RJC folding and reversible chair VIA éditeur, France, 1986 Varnished and black-tinted medium, chromed steel wire Height 88 x Width 45 x Depth 45 cm Tw...

An elegant and light chair with rounded "Ladybug" style lines, Modernist, Free Form, Reconstruction, 4 legs in black lacquered folded tubular metal, rounded shell in gray-blue fiberg...

A rare set of 2 fibreglass chairs by Rene Jean Caillette. Brown background and multicolour floral pattern. Designed and produced in France between 1950-1959. René-Jean Caillet...

French oak daybed from the 1950's designed by René jean Caillette in original condition. Modernist design from the master of the furniture of the pos...