Paul Follot Center Table with Original Marble Top

Classic French Art Deco dining table in sculpted Brazilian rosewood by Paul Follot, 1923. Size: 64" long x 38" wide x 29" high. This table is unrest...

Early Classic French Art Deco low table, circa 1920, by Leon Jallot, in cherry with burled ash top. This table is 23” in diameter x 18.75” high. LEON JALLOT (1874-1967) Born in Na...

French Modernist side/end table in burled walnut and babinga with inlays in ebony. Circa 1928. 25" wide x 25" deep x 25" high.

Early French Art Deco (transitional) tiered table by Leon Jallot in pearwood and camphor wood burl, circa 1910-12. 28” diameter x 29” high. Leon Jallot (1874-1967) Born in Nantes, July 24, 1874, Leon Jallot studied in Paris but did not go to any school of art. Without any formal training, other than a general refined sense of culture, he opened his own workshop at age 16 and began wood sculpting and making his own furniture.Strictly self-disciplined, he began as a wood carver. By 1899, at the age of just 24, he had worked his way to become Director of the Art Nouveau workshop of the collector, Siegfried Bing, for his shop called l’Art Nouveau in Paris. He remained there until 1901, overseeing production for the shop as well as Bing’s installation at the 1900 Paris Universal Exposition. Jallot therefore participated in the creation of some of the Art Nouveau movement’s most prized works – those designed by the firm’s renowned threesome: Georges de Feure, Eduoard Colonna, and Eugene Gaillard. In 1901 Jallot became one of the founding members of the first Salon of Societe des Artistes Decorateurs – an organization which produced highly anticipated annual exhibitions through the first half of the 20th Century. In 1903 he established his own decorating workshop where he designed and fabricated furniture, fabrics, carpets, tapestries, glassware, lacqueer and screens. Jallot was the first of the Art Nouveau designers to turn away from floral ornamentation and to pursue linearism – as early as 1904 his decoration was limited to the natural grain of the wood – and he was an advocate of rich materials rather than over-wrought forms to suggest luxury. Jallot’s work was shown at the Salons of Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts from 1908, Salon d’Automne from 1919, and at the SAD throughout. A review of his exhibit at the 1921 Salon des Artistes Decorateurs, in Art et Decoration, said: “His furniture has the easy elegance of ideas created in a flash and then mulled over – ingenuity, savoir-faire, and patience are all combined in his work.” He created furniture for the Grand Salon of Une Ambassade Francaise and Hotel du Collectionneur at the 1925 Paris Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes (which would, years later, launch the term “Art Deco”). From 1921, Leon Jallot partnered with his son, Maurice (see Maurice Jallot’s biography elsewhere on the Calderwood Gallery...

A fine French 1930s mahogany Guéridon with a dark grey marble (with small fossils) top and bronze details.

Thick bevelled marble top, steel and iron base. This interesting table once belonged to famous American movie producer John Ford. Stylish, high quality, and provenance as well.

An incredible Chinese Art Deco center table with a rosewood frame designed to mimic a peony, and a marble inset top. The top and base come apart from the central frame to allow for e...

Amazing and rare Art Deco side table or center table. Striking French design from the 1930s. Solid oak and original oak veneer base with original patinated brass elements. Origina...