Maurice Dufrène Cabinets
French, 1876-1955
Maurice Dufrene was born in Paris in 1876. He studied at the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs.In 1899, at the age of just 23, he became director and manager of La Maison Moderne, an association of artists who worked together to create designs which could be produced in multiples. These artists were van de Velde, Horta, Plumet and Selmersheim.His work was first shown at salons in 1902, and from 1903 he regularly exhibited at Salon d’Automne and Salons of Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. He quickly moved to the forefront of modern design and was with Leon Jallot, among the group of French designers which became known as the Constructeurs, before the First World War. Dufrene had worked on Meier-Graefe's 'La Maison Moderne' around 1900 designing in the Art Nouveau style.By 1910, his work adapted more simplified forms using more substantial materials and construction. In 1904, he became a founding member of the Salon des Artistes Decorateurs, through which he exhibited for thirty years.He taught for a while at Ecole Boulle, and returned to design in 1919 producing neat and logical designs embellished with recurring carved scroll motifs and decorated with marquetry floral medallions in boxwood, ebony and ivory.
In 1921 he joined the studio La Maitrise, as Artistic Director, and began a period of prolific production. The full flowering of his talent became apparent in his refined furniture designs and complete interiors. His inspiration was taken from 18th and 19th Century designs, with a modern approach.
At the 1925 Exposition, Dufrene was everywhere. As well as the La Maitrise pavilion, he designed the 'petit salon' in the 'Ambassade Francaise', a boutique for the furrier Jungman, and the row of shoes on the Pont Alexandre Ill. Dufrene's stylistic development continued into the 1930s when he experimented with steel and glass.
Adapting quickly to the Art Deco movement, the 1930s were just as busy for him.
He died in Nogent-sur-Marne in 1955. His interiors ranged eclectically from townhouses to avant-garde to glass, metal and mirrors, to commissions from Mobilier National for embassies and the Palais de l’Elysée in Paris. He would remain at La Maîtrise until 1952. Today much of his work goes unidentified.to
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Creator: Maurice Dufrêne
Art Deco Cabinet by Maurice Dufrene, France, c. 1940
By La Maitrise, Maurice Dufrêne
Located in Vienna, AT
Wonderful Art Deco Cabinet designed by Maurice Dufrene and manufactured by La Maitrise around 1940. The cabinet is made from rosewood and has mother of pearl inlays.
Rosewood-vene...
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Maurice Dufrene cabinet in purpleheart and kingwood
By Maurice Dufrêne
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Classic French Art Deco cabinet, circa 1925, by MAURICE DUFRENE in purpleheart, kingwood, and ebony. Marquetry in exotic hardwoods and mother-of-pearl. The interior is in maple burl....
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Mother-of-Pearl, Ebony, Kingwood, Maple, Purpleheart, Burl
Cabinet, Buffet of Maurice Dufrêne
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Maurice Dufrêne (1876-1955)
Important 3-door cabinet in pommelé mahogany with wood marquetry and mother-of-pearl decoration
French designer,
Circa 1925,
H: 181 cm D: 50 cm W: 174 cm ...
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Maurice Dufrêne Chest of Drawers, French, 1924
By Maurice Dufrêne
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Classic French Art Deco chest of drawers. Burled mahogany with marquetry in exotic hardwoods and mother-of-pearl. Ebonized frame and legs with fluted sculpting, French, 1924. Suite d...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Maurice Dufrène Cabinets
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Fine French Art Deco Three-Door Cabinet by Maurice Dufrêne
By Maurice Dufrêne
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A fine French Art Deco three doors amaranth cabinet by Maurice Dufrene.
Each door decorated with a floral marquetry oval panel.
Interior is bird's-eye maple veneered.
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Maurice Dufrène Cabinets
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Maurice Dufrene Cabinet for La Maitrise
By Maurice Dufrêne
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Macassar ebony, ebonized sculpted wood, and with marquetry in exotic hardwoods and mother-of-pearl. This cabinet was designed by Dufrene for La Maitrise, the design studio of the fam...
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Early 20th Century French Maurice Dufrène Cabinets
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Macassar, Ebony, Mother-of-Pearl
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