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Amazing coffe table in black lacquered and gilded wood ,rectangular profile with 4 legs and a table top in lacquer with gold by Guy Lefevre for Maison Jansen .Its symmetry and its architectural design combine to create a pleasant sensation of the 70s. Its look is minimalist and elegant, offering a timeless, simple yet sophisticated look, characteristic of Guy Lefevre's work Born in Madagascar to Reunionese parents, Guy Lefèvre has spent his entire career as a stained glass artist in the Indian Ocean, in Madagascar, Reunion and Mauritius. Paris-based design firm Maison Jansen was one of the most well-known and influential interior decorating houses of the 20th century, patronized by royalty, socialites, leaders of nations, and other luminaries of elite society. It was also one of the first truly global design firms. Founded in 1880 by Dutch designer Jean-Henri Jansen (1854-1928), Maison Jansen originally sourced existing antiques or contracted outside cabinetmakers to produce furniture when producing custom interiors for clients. By the 1890s, however, the firm began to manufacture furnishings in-house. Soon, Maison Jansen’s luxury, traditional-style pieces earned an international reputation. Their most sought-after pieces reflected the influence of erstwhile designs from the Louis XIV, Louis XVI, Directoire, and Empire eras, as well as objects Jansen encountered during his travels to Japan and Turkey. By the 1920s, Maison Jansen had offices around the world, including London, New York, Buenos Aires, Havana, Cairo, Prague, Rome, and Rio de Janeiro. During the early 1920s, Stéphane Boudin (1888-1967) joined Jansen as the chief designer and director. His attention to detail, concern for historical accuracy, and ability to create dramatic and memorable spaces brought ever-more work to the firm. Among his many projects, Boudin was responsible the renovations of the White House—including the Red Room, designed in collaboration with Paul Manno—during the administration of John F. Kennedy. By the 1930s, Maison Jansen’s five-story, Paris atelier employed over 700 highly skilled artisans and would go on to employ many famous designers, including Pierre Delbée (1900-1974), Carlos Ortiz-Cabrera, Francis Chaillou, Serge Robin, Henri Samuel, Claude Mandron, and Arthur Kouwenhoven. Maison Jansen’s design aesthetic was forward-thinking and counter-cultural, even as the firm came to specialize in high-end reproductions. Among the many styles Maison Jansen’s furniture and interiors drew from are 18th-century Bourbon Court, the Aesthetic Movement, Art Nouveau, Art Moderne, and even midcentury modernism. The firm’s genius lay in mining the past for forms, colors, and materials that were sure to make an impact. Maison Jansen was commissioned by an array of impressive clients, including William III of the Netherlands, Alfonso XII of Spain, the Duke & Duchess of Windsor, King Leopold II of Belgium, the Shah of Iran, the oil magnate Charles Bierer Wrightsman, Leed’s Castle, Hotel Parr in Vienna, the German Reichsbank, the Rockefellers, Bartolomé March, Coco Chanel, Elsie de Wolfe, and the Kennedys, among many others. In 1989, sixty years after the death of its founder, Maison Jansen closed its doors. Today, Maison Jansen’s designs are highly sought-after by collectors, fetching high prices at auction that range between $5,000 and $20,000—though it is not uncommon to see even higher prices. The most valuable and collectible examples of Maison Jansen furniture are 18th-century antiques that were appropriated and re-upholstered by Maison Jansen in the late-19th century. To date, the record for highest priced Maison Jansen piece was set at Christie’s in London in 2005, when a suite of Louis XVI...

Outstanding pair of rectangular-shaped low tables designed following the spirit and work of Roger Capron in the middle of the last century whose top is made up of ceramic pieces...

Gorgeous model of a château, made in plâtre, in 1904. This architectural typology was developed in France, they are palaces or large country houses belonging to a nobleman or a gentl...

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Gorgeous mirror with a carved and gilded wooden frame, made at the beginning of the 20th century and of French origin. It comes from a private collection. The frame, with a circular...

Patinated Bronze Octopus Table or Sculpture, 1970s Italy This fabulous dining table in the shape of an octopus is made in Italy. The base of the table i...

Beautiful French inlaid marquetry round table with bronze figures. The molded round top inlaid with a foliage and floral motif inset into a gilt bronze egg and dart border, supported by three classical Caryatids raised on a stepped base, conjoined by a tripod platform stretcher, resting on ormolu...

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Wonderful bronze sphinx sculpture with table function. 1970ties. Mice Design By Rugiano Domenico

Our gueridon table in the Empire style, circa 1880s with mahogany veneer features legs in pilaster form surmounted by female Egyptian figures and feet in gilt bronze, and fruitwood b...

Wonderful French marquetry and bronze ormolu-mounted cocktail or coffee table.