Spectacular French 40 s Verre Eglomise Coffee Table

A French Brass Coffee Table with a verre églomisé top, sitting on tapered legs. Attributed to Maison Jansen. France, circa 1960. Height - 44.5 cm Length - 80 cm Depth - 40 cm Pleas...

French Forties Art Deco coffee table by Maurice Jallot, circa 1947, in cream lacquer with original verre eglomise glass top and gilt bronze mounts. 40” long x 17” deep x 17” high. Pictured in Mobilier et Decoration, 1947. Maurice Jallot (1900-1971) Maurice Jallot was born in Paris during the 1900 Exposition Universelle – an auspicious beginning for a career in the arts. He studied at the Ecole Boulle in Paris and upon graduating, joined his father’s (Leon Jallot) studio in 1921. He left for a while to gain outside experience and rejoined the firm in 1930. A versatile and imaginative designer, Maurice Jallot exhibited a range of pieces and ensembles at the annual salons, some in partnership with his father and some singly. For the 1925 L'Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes - the World's fair held in Paris, France, from April to October 1925 the Jallots provided furnishings for the Hotel du Collectionneur (grand salon), Ambassade Francaise, La Societe Noel, La Maison de Bretagne, and Gouffe Jeune. Their furniture in the 1920s was fabricated from woods – palisander, walnut, pearwood, amboyna, camphor. From the mid-1920s the Jallots faced the Challenge common to all woodworkers: whether to adjust to, or fight, the revolutionary introduction of glass and metal. They chose the former, introducing a distinctive range of modern furniture: stainless steel tables, mirrored cabinety, etc. Maurice participated in the interior decoration for A French Embassy...

Important French midcentury reverse painted glass coffee table with silver leaf top and legs decorated in a leaf pattern and in an elegant square form. Maison Jansen made a piece with similar styling for the Duke and Duchess Windsor...

Baker Furniture Verre églomisé gilt ebonized antique coffee table, labelled. Baker marking dates to 1940 according to my research. Extremely rare piece.

A Rare and Elegant Set of Two French Mid-Century Modern coffee tables that form one long table: The cocktail table features reverse painted glass tops, known in France as 'Verre Eglo...

A set of two French Mid-Century Modern coffee tables that form one long table: Each with reverse painted glass top that has been hand gilt in the form of squares. Designed by Guy Lef...

French Art Deco coffee table, circa 1940s. Beautiful eglomise or reverse painted antiqued mirror top. This came from the estate of a French coup...

Coffee table, having eglomise (reverse painted) top with scrolling floral designs, raised on pickled wood stylized cabriole legs.

Delightful and chic round coffee table with a scrolled wrought iron base with highly decorative detail and twisted gilt iron wood top surround. Gilding to base. Verre Eglomise´ mirrored table...

Pair of Baker Furniture eglomise mirror and bleached oak Tables. Nice distressed look . Labeled Baker.