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Mid Century Gilded Wood Vanity Dresser, Dressing Table by James Mont

Name: Mid Century Gilded Wood Vanity Dresser, Dressing Table by James Mont
Brand: James Mont
Price: 4446.78 USD

About the Item

Vanity dresser - dressing table by James Mont Bring some Hollywood Regency into your room with this wonderful vintage vanity dresser - dressing table. Hand crafted in the mid-century this vanity dresser with drawers is a perfect representation of the glamorous Hollywood regency aesthetic and style James Mont is known for. The vanity dresser has been handcrafted and created with the finest materials and craftsmanship and comes with the James Mont signature branded into the wood. The vanity dresser by James Mont features: - Solid wood structure - Hand carved decorative bamboo detailing - Platinum leaf gilded finish - Gold leaf gilded detailing - Two drawers - Open central compartment One of the most dazzling and notorious figures in twentieth century American design, James Mont burst onto the modern furnishing scene in the most unusual of ways. Beginning humbly at a Brooklyn electrical supply shop, Mont was able to transform himself into the go-to interior designer of both the New York underworld and of Hollywood royalty. Drawing on eastern influences and his own unpredictable personality, Mont’s designs and life make him one of the most intriguing figures of the American midcentury. Mont was born Demetrios Pecintoglu in Istanbul (then Constantinople, capital of the Ottoman Empire) in 1904. The early life of the man who became Mont is shrouded in mystery. It is believed, however, that he came from a family of artists and immigrated to the United States in the 1920s by way of Western Europe. While pushing his own lamp designs while working at a Brooklyn electrical retailer, Mont was noticed by a Mafioso named Frankie Yale. This opened the door for Mont to become decorator for the mob, so to speak. It also inspired in him a criminal-type pretension which he would attempt to keep up for the remainder of his career. Mont’s designs set him apart as a singular figure of the American midcentury. Straddling the overlapping worlds of Art Deco, Hollywood Regency, and Midcentury Modern, he conformed to and defied all of them. His work displays a heavy reliance on the chinoiserie style so popular in European design of the previous century. Feeling himself to be representative of “the Orient,” Mont was always trying to incorporate its aura into his furniture.

Creator:

James Mont (Designer)

Dimensions:

Height: 29.53 in (75 cm)Width: 60.63 in (154 cm)Depth: 14.18 in (36 cm)

Style:

Hollywood Regency (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Wood,Gilt,Hand-Carved

Place of Origin:

United States

Period:

1950-1959

Date of Manufacture:

circa 1950s

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use. Minor fading. The dresser is structurally sound, and the decorative elements are in great condition - the gilded finish has deteriorated and would need re-gilded. Chair included - needs re-upholstered Doesn't include original mirror.

Seller Location:

Glasgow, GB

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU6391232390542

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James Mont

James Mont’s life as an unmistakably talented furniture designer and interior decorator could fill the pages of a best-selling novel or be reimagined as a Hollywood feature film. From the 1930s through the 1960s, Tinseltown’s glitterati and Manhattan’s Mafia underworld coveted his sofas, coffee tables and table lamps.

Mont was born Demetrios Pecintoglu in Istanbul, Turkey, in 1904 to a family of artists. He reportedly studied architecture and art in Spain and France, and during the 1920s, Mont immigrated with his family to the United States.

Mont and his family settled in New York, where he found work in a Brooklyn electrical supply shop. There he sold hardware and designed his own lighting fixtures. The latter caught the eye of a gangster named Frankie Yale, who commissioned him to refurnish his house. Mont’s opulent designs drew on Art Deco, Hollywood Regency and were occasionally marked by chinoiserie, then a very popular trend in decorating. He created the kind of low-profile side tables and sofas that are frequently associated with mid-century modernism, and he is credited today with helping popularize the integration of Asian influences in modern American design.

Mont soon attracted New York City’s most infamous crime bosses, including Charles “Lucky” Luciano and Frank Costello. For a range of mobsters, he created fashionable, functional and sophisticated pieces such as collapsible home bars that would fold down and out of view — a particularly convenient feature during Prohibition — and tables and desks with secret drawers, which were also handy to Mont’s shady clientele.

“You bought a bar from him, and he would also deliver booze in a baby carriage,” antiques dealer and furniture retailer Todd Merrill told New York about Mont in 2008.

Mont designed a room for the World’s Fair in 1939 and later befriended Hollywood celebrities such as Bob Hope, who was best man at his wedding, Irving Berlin and Lana Turner. During the 1940s and ‘50s, Mont continued designing furniture, mastering finishing techniques such as lacquering and incorporating a distinctive “leafing” print effect with silver and gold into his pieces.

Mont’s designs enjoyed a resurgence in the 1990s, and his pieces continue to be sought after by collectors.

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