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Maison Jansen, Suite of 14 Lacquered Dining Chairs France, 1965

About the Item

These fourteen lacquered dining chairs possess wide, comfortable seats, but are remarkable for the classical form of their hand-carved backrests—a ribbon of gilt wood spanning each, as if draped from one side to the other. For the better part of a century, Maison Jansen was major force in French design and decor. The firm’s work was celebrated at every defining show of the early 20th Century, from the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle to the 1925 Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Pairs and New York’s World’s Fair in 1938. What's more, its offices executed some of the most elegant post-war interiors across four continents—those of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, C. Z. Guest, and Jacqueline Kennedy Onasis, to name but a few. Provenance: In 1965 Maison Jansen decorated a Paris apartment in the 8th arrondissement, and when the clients retired to Nice they took the furnishings with them.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 35 in (88.9 cm)Width: 14.3 in (36.33 cm)Depth: 16.7 in (42.42 cm)
  • Sold As:
    Set of 14
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Wood,Lacquered
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    circa 1965
  • Condition:
    Refinished. Wear consistent with age and use. Light refinishing.
  • Seller Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: JAN 421stDibs: LU781337902562
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