Eglomise Coffee Table

Mid-century coffee table, having a square top with faceted border and canted corners. Its scalloped apron raised on angled, tapering, square legs. All surfaces covered with original,...

Coffee or cocktail table, having a square top of glass, on a frame of extruded Lucite, raised on tapering, square-sectioned legs with knopped decoration. Stock ID: D3944

Cocktail table having a square top of glass, on chromed faux-bamboo table, the round legs joined by double arched stretcher. Glass Top: 28 in x 28 in Please contact us for alternati...

Coffee table, of chrome and brass, having a rectangular top of glass, on base with square-section, open-frame design. Stock ID: D8674

French Art Deco coffee table, circa 1940s. Beautiful eglomise or reverse painted antiqued mirror top. This came from the estate of a French coup...

A Brass Coffee Table by Maison Jansen. A stylish piece, with a brass decorative cross stretcher and frame with floral appliques to the corners. The bright gold églomisé mirrored top ...

Bronze based églomisé top coffee table. The bottom bronze or gilt base bamboo form table having a line undercarriage supporting a square églomisé silver gilt tabletop with a geometri...

French Forties Art Deco coffee table by Maurice Jallot, circa 1947, in cream lacquer with original verre eglomise glass top and gilt bronze mounts. 40” long x 17” deep x 17” high. Pictured in Mobilier et Decoration, 1947. Maurice Jallot (1900-1971) Maurice Jallot was born in Paris during the 1900 Exposition Universelle – an auspicious beginning for a career in the arts. He studied at the Ecole Boulle in Paris and upon graduating, joined his father’s (Leon Jallot) studio in 1921. He left for a while to gain outside experience and rejoined the firm in 1930. A versatile and imaginative designer, Maurice Jallot exhibited a range of pieces and ensembles at the annual salons, some in partnership with his father and some singly. For the 1925 L'Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes - the World's fair held in Paris, France, from April to October 1925 the Jallots provided furnishings for the Hotel du Collectionneur (grand salon), Ambassade Francaise, La Societe Noel, La Maison de Bretagne, and Gouffe Jeune. Their furniture in the 1920s was fabricated from woods – palisander, walnut, pearwood, amboyna, camphor. From the mid-1920s the Jallots faced the Challenge common to all woodworkers: whether to adjust to, or fight, the revolutionary introduction of glass and metal. They chose the former, introducing a distinctive range of modern furniture: stainless steel tables, mirrored cabinety, etc. Maurice participated in the interior decoration for A French Embassy...