Calderwood Gallery Dining Room Chairs

French Art Deco set of TWELVE dining chairs, circa 1938, by Andre Arbus in mahogany. 20” wide x 22” deep x 38” high. Could be used with Arbus mahogany dining table #1514. This model is documented and the design is characteristic of Arbus’s late 1930s style, well-manifested in his participation in the The Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne held from 25 May to 25 November 1937 in Paris, France. Andre Arbus (1903-1969) French Art Deco Architect and Designer, ANDRE ARBUS, WAS born in Toulouse, France. A third-generation cabinetmaker, Arbus became active in the Salons of the Societe des Artistes Decorateurs and the Salon d’Automne in Paris in 1925 at the young age of 22. His work included commissions for the 1922 oceanliner Bretagne, the 1927 La Provence and Ile-de-France as well as the 1961 France. He often used rare and exotic materials in his refined designs. These were elegant and pure and often gave the appearance of fragility – as in his neo-classical presentation at the Paris International Exposition...

French 1940s Art Deco dining chairs, set of six, in beech. Please note that these chairs are unrestored in the photographs.   

French Art Deco dining chairs, set of six, in mahogany, circa 1938. Please note that these chairs are unrestored in the photographs. **PRICE includes proper restoration, refini...

French 1940s Art Deco dining chairs, set of eight in beech. Please note these chairs are unrestored in the photographs. Chairs can be custom-stained. We will be happy to discuss y...

French 1940s Art Deco dining chairs, set of eight in beech with bronze mounts and high, tapered backs. Please note these chairs are unrestored in the photographs. Chairs can be cu...

French Modernist Art Deco dining chairs, set of six, in rosewood and French walnut, circa 1932. Please note that these chairs are unrestored in the photographs.   **PRICE includ...

French Art Deco dining chairs by Andre Arbus, set of eight in cherry. Documented, 1938. Please note these chairs are unrestored in the photographs.

French Forties Art Deco dining chairs, set of 4 by Rene Drouet, in gilt forged iron. 18" wide x 20" deep x 39" high. Seat height 18". Rene Drouet (1899-1993) Following his s...

Classic French Art Deco dining chairs in sculpted purple heart, circa 1922. Measures: 18" wide x 18" deep x 35" high. Please note that these chairs are un-restored in the photogra...

Early Classic French Art Deco dining chairs, set of 4, in sculpted mahogany, circa 1920. Measures: 18" wide x 22" deep x 36" high, seat height 18". Please note that these chairs a...

French 1940s dining chairs, set of six, in oak with original red fabric upholstery. Seat height: 19". Please note that these chairs are unrestored in the photographs. **PRICE i...

French, 1950s dining chairs by Etienne Martin, set of six, in cherry and brass. Please note these chairs are unrestored in the photographs. **PRI...

French 1940s Art Deco dining chairs, set of six by Rene Prou, in stained beech. These chairs could be ebonized. Please note these chairs are unrestored in the photographs. **PRICE includes proper restoration, refinishing and reupholstering with buyer supplied fabric. RENE 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...

French Forties Art Deco dining chairs attributed to Rene Prou, set of eight, in beech. These chairs can be ebonized.  Please note these chairs are unrestored in the photographs.