French Rene Prou Iron and Marble Top Center Table

French 1940s iron and gilt rope trimmed large rectangular center table with marble top and scroll stretcher on hoof feet. (attributed to GILBERT POILLERAT, ref: pg 240)

French Empire style (19th Century) round mahogany center table with bronze classical heads over 4 legs and trim on apron resting on an inla...

French Empire-style (19th Century) mahogany and bronze trimmed round center table with inlaid marble top supported on a pedestal base.

French Art Deco large rectangular iron scroll side center table with stretcher and yellow marble top

French Forties Art Deco low table by Rene Prou in bronze with original white glass top. Measures: 32” wide x 18” deep x 18” high. René Prou (1889-1948) A decorator as well as furniture designer, Rene Prou was born in Nantes and educated in Paris. He studied at the Ecole Bernard-Palissy in Paris and shortly thereafter joined the design house, Gouffé. By 1912 he had become their chief designer and was being called the first decorator of the modern taste (gout moderne). His varied design career included: 1922 oceanliner Paris 1922 – Paris to Deauville train (aka Train Bleu) 1923 – showed at the Salon des Artistes Decorateurs 1924 oceanliner de Grasse 1925 – with Eric Bagge...

The Iron table attributed to René Prou, having an inserted glass top with framed in a mirrored and églomisé decoration supported by a finely embellished iron frieze with a scroll for...

A solidly crafted round iron table with four multiple scrolled supports in gold leaf showing the red sizing beneath. Linked by a square center stretch...

French style marble-top center table has bull nosed edge overlaid with green marble panels in various sizes which are glued together to create an interesting effect. The base is hand...