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Rene Prou pair of armchairs
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Rene Prou pair of armchairs (#1861)
French Forties pair of armchairs by Rene Prou. These chairs are 24” wide x 23” deep x 32” high. They are in the original black patina and can be redone the same, patinated, or gilded. They are unrestored in the photographs.
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).
Prou's varied 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 designed the Chambre de Mademoiselle of Une Ambassade Française Pavilion a the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris.
1926 oceanliner Ile-de-France
1928 Pomone decorating department of Bon Marché department store – where he succeeded Paul Follot as design director in 1932
1929 began designing wrought-iron furniture produced by Edgar Brandt, Raymond Subes and other metalworkers.
1930s with Rene Lalique, designed salon train carriages of the Istanbul Orient Express.
1935 oceanliner Normandie
Other work: dining room of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in NYC; board room of the Palace of the League of Nations, Geneva; Mitsubishi department store, Tokyo: and the oceanliner pier in LeHavre. - More Information
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Calderwood Gallery, established in 1982, specializes in original French Art Deco furniture and photography, showcasing works by renowned designers such as Ruhlmann, Dufrene, and Leleu. Located at 242 Geiger Rd., Philadelphia, PA, the gallery can be reached at 215.327.8664 or via email at calderwood.gallery@gmail.com.
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