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Pair of tortoise shell Display Cases - Maison Franck
$38,037.35
£28,521.47
€32,000
CA$53,076.06
A$57,465.91
CHF 30,551.98
MX$693,078.51
NOK 384,208.36
SEK 358,191.61
DKK 243,779.42
About the Item
Pair of unique display cases in Louis XV style, made in tortoiseshell and gilt wood by Maison Franck.
Equipped with 3 glass shelves.
These cabinets were custom ordered at the time. There is a small difference, the woodwork of the bottom is different.
The inside of the cabinets are again covered with wild silk fabric, as was done at the time.
Maison Franck (Belgium, 1900-1962)
Werkhuizen Franck - Maison Franck (Belgium, 1900-1962)
Maison Franck
The first Maison Franck business, run by Mr and Mrs Franck, was located in Kuipersstraat in Antwerp and grew from a modest wallpaper shop to a thriving decoration company.
Their son Frans Franck (1872-1932), a talented draughtsman, was sent to Paris as an apprentice of an (unknown) furniture maker. This training made him sensitive to the new trends in English decorative arts and the work of the famous artist, writer and designer William Morris (1834-1896); the writer, poet, critic and painter John Ruskin (1819-1900); the artist and book illustrator Walter Crane (1845-1915) among others. Back in Belgium, father Franck involved his son Frans and his brother Charles (1870-1935) in decorating the halls for the Second World's Fair in Antwerp in 1894 working with a large number of sheets of parchment. They accomplished this task with great accuracy and speed, reason enough for their father to leave the management of the Maison Franck company to them: Charles was put in charge of management and administration and Frans of the decorative side of the business. The company flourished and during the interwar period employed around 150 craftsmen, including upholsterers, gilders, painters, sculptors and various specialists.
But both brothers also became very important cultural promoters of the Antwerp art scene at the beginning of the 20th century. They wanted to attract new artistic movements to Antwerp and founded 'De Kapel', which soon grew into the new artistic association Kunst van Heden - Art Contemporain. They promoted young artists such as the modernist and pre-expressionist sculptor and painter Rik Wouters (1882-1916); the expressionist sculptor and painter Constant Permeke (1886-1952) the main figure of the Belgian avant-garde of the late 19th century and important precursor to the development of expressionism in the early 20th century James Ensor (1860-1949); and the avant-garde painter Floris Jespers (1889-1965) with his mix of styles (expressionism, cubism, surrealism) and his brother Oscar Jespers (1887-1970), an important modernist sculptor. Kunst van Heden invited many members of the international art scene including Chagall, Van Gogh, Klee and Kandinsky. Frans was an art collector himself and, as the first and enthusiastic promoter of Ensor, he had works by him in his private collection. Unlike his artistic commitment, Frans Franck's international and avant-garde tastes were never modernist. He did not design abstract forms, did not use contrasting colours and had no interest in mass-producing cheap furniture. Frans sadly died in 1932 after an unfortunate fall while taking a family photo on the Belgian coast.
Franck's son Francis and his business partner Paul Pieters took charge of the company on 1 June 1932. Under Francis' charismatic and creative leadership, the Franck company continued to flourish. In 1962, two years before his death, Maison Franck ceased to exist, but Maison Décor, a new and smaller company, had been founded by one of Francis' assistants, Frans Lemmens. He continued to furnish interiors in the tradition of Maison Franck.
- Creator:Maison Franck (Cabinetmaker)
- Dimensions:Height: 74.02 in (188 cm)Width: 48.82 in (124 cm)Depth: 19.3 in (49 cm)
- Style:Louis XV (In the Style Of)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:1910-1919
- Date of Manufacture:circa 1910
- Condition:Refinished. Repaired: normal refreshment due to age. Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Wijnegem, BE
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU10178243699802
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