French Edwardian Style Pedestal Basin

Jacob Delafon was a French art-deco artist, designer and manufacturer. He founded a company in 1889, with Emile Jacob and Maurice Delafon, which anticipated the development of health and hydrotherapy. They started a plant in Pouilly-sur-Saône, in Côte-d'Or, France, to manufacture a line of sanitary glazed stoneware. The Jacob Delafon Group had another plant in Navilly, in Saône et Loire, founded in 1873, for the manufacture of roof tiles. The Jacob Delafon brand was bought by Societe Generale foundry, in 1938. With the acquisition of health activities of this group, in 1986, the brand, Jacob Delafon went to the American group, Kohler Company, where it became its French subsidiary, Kohler France.