Rene Drouet Coffee or Side Table

French 1940s Art Deco coffee table in gilt forged iron by Rene Drouet. Takes glass inset 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...

French 1940s Art Deco low cocktail/coffee/side table in black lacquer with gilt trim by Rousseau et Lardin. Restored and refinished.

French Forties Art Deco two-tiered table by Rene Prou, 1949, in gilt forged iron with glass insets. This model is pictured in Maison Francaise, November 1949. Please see photos. 28.5...

French art Deco coffee table, attributed to Raymond Subes (notable for his extraordinary ironwork) and Max Ingrand. Hand-fabricated wrought-iron table base, with gilded ornamentation...

Sublime French Art Deco coffee table with églomisé mirror top in Jean Pascaud style, 1940. Stylish Sabre-shaped legs which terminate in a curled brass sabot. Double top characteriz...

Splendid eclectic coffee table with a Dèco flavour. Conical legs ending in a sphere support the table top worked with carved and applied movable bands around and above the top. Lacqu...

French (circa 1937) gold & black painted metal & parchment top center table with concave interlocking scroll trestle sides joined by a stretcher. (signed: MAURICE DUFRENE) illustrat...