Set of Six Original French 1940s Refinished Tall Back Dining Chairs

A beautiful set of six original French Art Deco tall back blonde wood dining chairs attributed to Maurice Jallot. Tall elegant backs with cur...

A beautiful set of six original French Art Deco tall back blonde wood and nickeled bronze dining chairs, attributed to Rene Prou. Tall elegant backs with curvilinear top crest and shield shape lower backrest, featuring elegant sculptural cabriole front legs and tapered splay back legs. An inset nickeled bronze side bar flanks and accents the back rest, granting this chair a very unusual and unique style. These chairs are skillfully designed, well crafted and of solid construction. The cushion seats and backs in desert taupe/ mauve color naugahyde upholstery are in good vintage condition but are original and of the period. The cushions are easily removable for re -upholstery if need be. side chairs, office chairs, dining room, sycamore, light wood, mid-century, Modernist, French Modern, Industrial, Rene Prou, Jules Leleu, Andre Arbus. violet brown, driftwood tones --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RENE PROU -- 1889-1948 Rene Prou was born in Nantes and educated in Paris. He was a furniture and a decorator who studied at the Ecole Bernard-Palissy in Paris. Shortly thereafter, Prou joined the design house, Gouffé and became their chief designer. He was known as the first decorator of the modern taste. Some of his achievements include: 1922 Oceanliner Paris 1922 – Paris to Deauville train (aka Train Bleu) 1923 – He showed at the Salon des Artistes Decorateurs. 1924 Oceanliner de Grasse 1925 –He designed the Chambre de Mademoiselle of Une Ambassade Française Pavilion a the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris with Eric Bagge...

Set of six original French Modernist dining chairs featuring an open airy designed frame. Tall backs with rounded vertical post and hor...

A set of eight original French Modernist / Art Deco dining chairs featuring tall elegant backs with a stepped linear top flanked with scroll, curled ends and ending in tapered shapely legs, branded Saint Etienne, manufactured by M.F. a French manufacture located in Saint Etienne, France. Overall, the chairs are angular and streamline in form. In addition to being aesthetic, the top crest is also functional and serves to protect the upholstery from finger prints when handling the chairs. The dark bottle green tone naugahyde/ leatherette seats and back cushions with vintage nail heads chairs...

Set of six 1940s dining room chairs in solid mahogany, with gilded bronze accents, upholstered in light blue velour.

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...

Original set of six high back Art Deco chairs in their original condition

A set of six French Art Deco Dining chairs by Gaston Poisson. Beautiful mahogany wood.