Set of Four George III Dining Chairs, England, Circa 1765-1800

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...

Upholstered in Dedar fabric. 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...

Upholstered in Dedar fabric. 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...

This charming Louis XVI side chair possesses a remarkable solidity for a piece of its size. Built out of hand carved, painted wood, it is appointed in elegant lines of brass detailing, which perfectly frame its upholstered cushions. Provenance: Private collection of Hubert de Givenchy, Paris. Private collection of Mrs. Susan Gutfreund.

With arched crest rail and central pierced vasiform splat. Saddle seat raised on square tapered legs. Upholstery in good condition but used.

A fine set of four stained oak side chairs in the George III style. Very well crafted with solid feeling corner blocked frames, good weight and strong carving. The scrolled backs hav...

Set of four elegant and timeless design X-back dining chairs by Tommi Parzinger for Charak Modern. Perfectly refinished solid mahogany frames with new upholstered seats.

A fine set of six English 18th century blue painted and parcel-gilt chairs with vase shaped back splats and caned seats, Over cabriolet leg...