Custom Wall Console by Pierre Chapo, France, 1970s

This custom elm wall shelf is an original design by Pierre Chapo, constructed using the signature joinery of his B30 shelving system. Made from solid elm with beautifully expressed g...

T35 dining table by Pierre Chapo, crafted in France in the 1970s. This impressive solid elm dining table has four cross legs that spiral gracefully from the center, typical of Chapo'...

Console table with shelves and lateral decorative inlays entirely made in wood, designed by the French designer and craftsman Pierre Chapo, French Manufacture from 1960s Pierre Chapo was first interested in painting, his encounter with a shipbuilding carpenter in 1947, introduced him to wood and woodworking; and led him to architectural studies at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. After traveling through Scandinavia, and Central America and working for a year in the United States, he returned to Paris and pursued his interest in wood, crafting furniture mainly out of solid oak, elm, ash or teak with a double concern for contemporary design and traditional know-how. He opened a gallery on boulevard de l'Hôpital in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, where along with his own creations, he displayed the work of other craftsmen or artists such as Isamu Noguchi with whom he shared a sculptural and organic approach to design. Special custom orders started coming in, Samuel Beckett...

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