Maurice Dufrêne Cabinet for La Maitrise

Macassar ebony, ebonized sculpted wood, and with marquetry in exotic hardwoods and mother-of-pearl. This cabinet was designed by Dufrene for La Maitrise, the design studio of the fam...

Classic French Art Deco chest of drawers. Burled mahogany with marquetry in exotic hardwoods and mother-of-pearl. Ebonized frame and legs with fluted sculpting, French, 1924. Suite d...

Classic French Art Deco sculpted wood table lamp by Maurice Dufrene, circa 1925. 17” high. .

French Early Classic Art Deco cabinet/vitrine by Maurice Dufrene, circa 1912, in gilt sculpted wood . This cabinet is pictured in Dufrène's own Hôtel Parrticulier (private residence), at 22, rue Bayard in Paris, taken in 1918 (see photo below). The lemonwood version of this cabinet was exhibited at the Salon d’Automne in 1912 and is now on permanent display at the Musee d’Orsay in Paris (see photo below). This cabinet is in original condition and a scan of the original drawing is shown here. Maurice Dufrêne (1876 - 1955) One of the premiere French designers of the 20th Century, Maurice Dufrene was born in Paris in 1876. He was educated at Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs in Paris. By 1899, at the age of just 23, he became the director and manager of La Maison Moderne. This shop represented an association of artists who were working together to create designs which could be produced in multiples. Dufrene's work was first shown at salons in 1902 and from 1903 he regularly exhibited at Salon d'Automne and Salons of Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts. At the 1925 Paris Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes (which would later give the movement "Art Deco" its name), Dufrene's designs included luxury boutiques, the living room of Une Ambassade Francaise pavilion, the music salon...

French Modernist Art Deco cabinet by Eric Bagge in Brazilian rosewood and elm, with nickeled bronze lockplates, circa 1930. Measures: 52" wide x 63.5" high.

French modernist cabinet. Pictured in period documentation.

A fine French Art Deco three doors amaranth cabinet by Maurice Dufrene. Each door decorated with a floral marquetry oval panel. Interior is bird's-eye maple veneered.

This storage unit, highly prized for its cubic geometry, opens with two doors. The opening of these is called French. The furniture rests on a base with slender feet, gilded, finis...

Wonderful Art Deco Cabinet designed by Maurice Dufrene and manufactured by La Maitrise around 1940. The cabinet is made from rosewood and has mother of pearl inlays. Rosewood-vene...

Art Deco sideboard by French designer Maurice Dufrène. Made of massif walnut wood and a beige marble top. beautiful inlay wood in the front door and moon-shaped drawers with bronze...

Vertical cabinet 2017 Bronze, solid scarred wood Edition of 8 + 4 A.P Signed and numbered Measures: H 86.6 x W 25.6 in. (H 220 x W 65 cm) Maurice Marty's skills cover the gamu...

Cabosse cabinet 2017 Automative lacquer on steel, patinated bronze Edition of 8 + 4 A.P Signed and numbered Measures: H 33.5 x L 74.75 x W 19.8 in. (H 85 x L 190 x W 50 cm) Ma...