René Herbst Set of Six 'Sandows' Dining Chairs in Steel and Cord

René Herbst, 'Sandows' chair, model N.5, black anodized plated steel, elastic rope, France, design 1928, produced 1980s. The 'Sandows' chair epitomizes the industrial advancements o...

This pair of René Herbst highback chairs exemplifies the designer’s pioneering approach to modernist furniture through the use of industrial materials and expressive structure. The c...

Vintage Postmodern Modernism Design "SANDOWS" Cord Chairs by Rene Herbst for Ecart International. Made in France in the 1980's period. These are classic modernist 1930's German Bauha...

René Herbst was known as l’homme d’acier (man of steel) was of of the first French designers to work with tubular steerl earning him the nickname. The No. 212 chair is one of his s...

Post modern René Herbst Sandows Dining Chairs in black circa 1980. These are high quality 1980s vintage reproductions of the original Sandows by René Herbst. Made by Ecart Internatio...

Chair with armrests designed by Renè Herbst in the 1930s and produced in the late 1970s. The chair has a chrome-plated steel frame, to which elastic bands are attached for the seat, ...

Handsome set of Mid-Century chairs by French designer, René Herbst, known for his functional and Minimalist aesthetic. The seats and backs are of moulded bakelite, and the structur...

This green desk chair set was designed by René Herbst, a pioneer of French modern design. Its lightweight construction, combining a tubular steel frame with a molded plywood back and...

Handsome set of six dining chairs consisting of two armchairs measuring 22.5 inches wide and four side chairs. Attributed to Calvin Klein home the se...

A beautiful set of six original French Art Deco tall back blonde wood and nickeled bronze dining chairs, attributed to Rene Prou. Tall elegant backs with curvilinear top crest and shield shape lower backrest, featuring elegant sculptural cabriole front legs and tapered splay back legs. An inset nickeled bronze side bar flanks and accents the back rest, granting this chair a very unusual and unique style. These chairs are skillfully designed, well crafted and of solid construction. The cushion seats and backs in desert taupe/ mauve color naugahyde upholstery are in good vintage condition but are original and of the period. The cushions are easily removable for re -upholstery if need be. side chairs, office chairs, dining room, sycamore, light wood, mid-century, Modernist, French Modern, Industrial, Rene Prou, Jules Leleu, Andre Arbus. violet brown, driftwood tones --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RENE PROU -- 1889-1948 Rene Prou was born in Nantes and educated in Paris. He was a furniture and a decorator who studied at the Ecole Bernard-Palissy in Paris. Shortly thereafter, Prou joined the design house, Gouffé and became their chief designer. He was known as the first decorator of the modern taste. Some of his achievements include: 1922 Oceanliner Paris 1922 – Paris to Deauville train (aka Train Bleu) 1923 – He showed at the Salon des Artistes Decorateurs. 1924 Oceanliner de Grasse 1925 –He designed the Chambre de Mademoiselle of Une Ambassade Française Pavilion a the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris with Eric Bagge...