René Gabriel Oak Chair

Incredible wood and woven chair by Charles Dudouyt from France 1940's. Solid and chunky tapered legs with beautiful wavy carved wood back. Newly replaced woven rush seat. Original da...

Incredible wood and woven chair by Charles Dudouyt from France 1940's. Solid and chunky tapered legs with beautiful wavy carved wood back. Original woven rush seat. Original dark woo...

Incredible set of four elm and woven chairs by Maison Regain from France 1950s. Solid legs with beautiful curved wood backs. Original woven rush seats in great vintage condition. Woo...

Beautiful oak wood settee from France, 1950s. Original light wood frame with angled arms and legs. Newly upholstered seat cushions in a taupe and white ticking stripe.

Wonderful pair of carved oak armchairs from France, 1940s. Beautiful ornate carved wood frame with bobbin and scallop detail. Newly upholstered seats in a textured green fabric. Orig...

Beautiful wood back dining chairs from The Netherlands, 1960's. Curved wood veneer back with newly upholstered seat in beautiful green linen and brass tack detailing. Carved wood arm...

René Gabriel Oak "Reconstruction" chairs, France 1946. "Reconstruction" chairs were designed by René Gabriel and manufactured in France circa 1946. Solid Oak wood base and structu...

4 chairs in oak designed by Rene Gabriel in the 1950´s Original condition.

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...

3 oak chairs in the style of René Gabriel, circa 1950. Colorful caning of origin.

Lovely set of six Mid-Century oak dining chairs with rush drop-in seats by Rene Gabriel. Circa 1950s.

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...