Late Deco Style French Wooden Side Table

A really unusual rustic table. Sculptural wood top above chunky legs. Sourced in France but likely Indonisian or the like in origin. France, c1980s. Likely late 20th century....

A mid to late 20th century desk. Architectural form with a large open table top and staggered shelfs. France, c1980s. Good condition, some wear commensurate with age. ...

A stylish petite desk. France, c1970s. In the manner of Maison Regian. Likely to be elm or very well simulated elm wood. Ideal as a desk or vanity unit. Good condition gene...

An increasingly scarce teak mid-century desk by legendary design Pierre Jeanneret. India, circa 1960s, for Chandigarh projects. Designed for various administrative buildings in the city. Black re-covered leather top. A single drawer to the front, open pigeonhole shelving to the reverse ideal for books and curios to create and artistic display. A particularly good model, remaining in good vintage condition, priced accordingly. Recent sales...

Our table was made of birch, solid and veneered, stained a rich brown, and topped off with a slab of Bohemian breccia marble. We date it to around 1928, and attribute the design to Fritz August Breuhaus de Groot, who coined the term Kultivierte Sachlichkeit (Cultured Objectivity) to describe his work, and distinguish it from the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) practiced by his contemporaries Walter Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, and Lily Reich. The table bears a passing resemblance to a considerably simplified, marble-topped ovoid one that he designed for his 1934 Berlin living room. Breuhaus was a man on the make. The first of his three marriages was to the daughter of an industrialist, who financed the building of luxury villas and workers’ housing designed by his son-in-law. In 1929, Breuhaus, the son of a dentist, added “de Groot” to his name, falsely linking himself to a distinguished family of painters. By then, he’d been fudging his academic record for years. That didn’t prevent a teaching appointment at the State University of Bavaria, which allowed him to add the prestigious “Herr Professor” prefix to his name. Yet he never followed through on the teaching — he was far too busy designing more luxury villas (commissions he accepted only if he could furnish them as well), and products for his own company, which included furniture, textiles, wallpapers, lighting, and fine silver. In addition to designing aircraft interiors for Lufthansa, and pullman railroad...

French Art Deco side table with shelf, nicely matched wood grain pattern on the top.

An exceptional quality, graceful and sculptural French mahogany round table, dating from the 1930s, featuring a flowing, organic base and finely finished circular top. This elegant p...

Dimensions: H 21” x W 25.5” x D 15.5” Vintage French Art Deco side table or magazine rack with two shelves. This magazine rack table will look good in a range of interiors thanks to...