With help from friends like design legend Jacques Grange, an urbane family breathes new life into a storied London house
La vente des Arts Décoratifs du Xxème siècle et Design a totalisé €2.466.600. « Avec 100% des lots vendus et un total de €841.625, la collection de bronzes de François Pompon était le pôle d’attraction de cette vente. Les collectionneurs dans la salle,...
About This listing is for the base only. The contemporary indoor or outdoor pedestal can be used in combination with a stone, glass or wood top for dining or conference table. The 19th century cast iron pedestal base in its natural silvered color. The base is embellished with stylized acanthus leaves. Garden or porch round pedestal dining table. Base measures: Height 27.5", diameter 16".
When an art-collecting friend approached designer Alexandra Loew to reimagine his 900-square-foot NYC apartment, he had run out of places to display his ar
About Straw wicker woven rush chair midcentury Jean Michel Frank style, 1930, France. Woven chair that shows fine workmanship. Beautifully woven with patina throughout. Sycomore Source: Jaques de Vos , Inte´rieur , Paris 1990 . Measures: 81 cm deep 57 cm high 53 cm wide Jean-Michel Frank (28 February 1895–3 August 1941) was a French interior designer known for Minimalist interiors decorated with plain-lined but sumptuous furniture made of luxury materials, such as shagreen, mica, and intricate straw marquetry. Jean-Michel Frank was born in Paris, a son of Le´on Frank, a banker, and his wife and cousin, the former Nanette Frank. From 1904, he attended the Lyce´e Janson de Sailly in Paris. He began law school in 1911, but in 1915, he was hit by the double blow of the death of his two elder brothers, Oscar and Georges, on the front lines of World War I and that of his father who committed suicide. In 1928, he lost his mother who had been in a Swiss asylum for several years. From 1920-1925 he traveled and visited the world. In Venice he met the cosmopolitan society that gathered around Stravinsky and Diaghilev. Eugenia Erra´zuriz revealed to him the beauty of 18th century styles and her own modern, minimalist esthetic, and he became her disciple, circa 1927. He then got in contact with a Parisian decorator called Adolphe Chanaux to do his apartment in the Rue de Verneuil. During the 1930s he worked with students at the Paris Atelier, now known as Parsons Paris School of Art and Design, where he developed the famous Parsons Table. In 1932, with Chanaux, he opened a shop at #140 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honore´. This was to be the consecration of ten years of collaboration, when he decorated for the Rockefellers and Guerlains. He designed Nelson Rockefeller's lavish Fifth Avenue apartment in New York in 1937. During the winter of 1939-1940, he left France for Argentina. In Argentina, Jean-Michel Frank worked with his old friend and business associate Ignacio Pirovano on several important private and commercial projects. Jean-Michel Frank kept his private apartment in Buenos Aires on the top floor of the company of which he was the Artistic Director in Argentina, COMTE. This building was located on the corner of Florida Street and Marcelo T. De Alvear Avenue. He also visited many of his clients in Buenos Aires including the Born family whose mansion in the northern suburbs of Buenos Aires remains his single most important project. The entire collection is still intact and in-place in precisely the manner that Jean-Michel Frank conceived it. Recently published books shed more light on Frank's work with Comte in Argentina. In 1941, Frank made a trip to New York. Sadly overcome by depression he committed suicide by throwing himself from the window of a Manhattan apartment building, leaving all his personal possessions in his apartment in Buenos Aires. He was a first cousin of Otto Frank and, therefore, a first cousin, once removed, of the diarist Anne Frank. A unique collection of home furniture designed by Frank for Herme's in 1924 is considered a classic set of Minimalist homeware. The iconic designs – including a sheepskin club chair and parchment-covered dressing table – hold an enduring popularity, and Herme's rereleased many of the items to great fanfare in early 2011. Jean-Michel Frank today is recognized by leading designers the world over as one of the greatest sources of inspiration to many present-day designs. His pieces are highly sought after by leading collectors worldwide. Many of the premier auction houses offer his pieces and prices are often in excess of 200,000 EUR. An important exhibition was mounted towards the end of 2010 at a leading gallery in New York's SoHo. This exhibition highlighted Frank's work with Comte in Argentina.
When an art-collecting friend approached designer Alexandra Loew to reimagine his 900-square-foot NYC apartment, he had run out of places to display his ar
Contemporary Design During the 1930s in Paris, Salvador Dalí surrounded himself with a circle of friends involved within varied disciplines of the arts that went above and beyond the study of pure pictorial art. Jean-Michel Frank, a furniture maker and decorator of recognized prestige, was on very good terms with Dalí and together they collaborated on several ideas. The Bracelli lamp, for example, is a classic design after Jean-Michel’s style, which was adopted by Dalí for his house at Port Lligat. Among other design projects, Dalí is known for his garden furnishings in his Port Lligat home, his architectural and design work for the night club in the Hotel Presidente in Acapulco (1957) and a bar in California in the 1940s. As shown in the small selection now produced by BD Barcelona, Dalí ’s work was not restricted to the traditional furnishing elements, but also included tap fittings, handles, printed fabrics, and other objects. In the 1990s a group of experts, led by Oscar Tusquets, set themselves the task of turning the furniture Dalí had drawn for Jean-Michel Frank into reality. Amongst these items were the Leda chair and low table, taken from the painting “Femme à la tête rose” (1935). The prototypes were made by the sculptor Joaquim Camps and BD organized its production. © Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Barcelona, 2014 This table or floor lamp originates from Dalí’s drawings for Jean Michel Frank. He incorporated little drawers on the base of the lamp - an idea he already used on other occasions for example in “Venus de Milo aux tiroirs” (Venus of Milo with drawers). The idea of connecting the electrical cord through one of the drawers is a contribution made by Architect Oscar Tusquets Blanca. It is made from a carved structure in pale varnished lime-wood with a beige lampshade. Click here for full description Close description * Please note that items made of Rosewood are subject to a special export process that may extend the delivery time an additional 2 to 4 weeks Creator Salvador Dali Manufacturer BD Barcelona Design Period 1920 to 1949 Production Period Before 2010, 2010 to Present Country of Manufacture Spain Style Contemporary Detailed Condition New — This is a new (unused) item of contemporary design. Product Code CBN-80245 Additional Information Made to Order Open Edition Materials Limewood Color Beige Width 30 cm 30 cm Depth 30 cm 30 cm Height 87 cm 87 cm
Jean-Michel Frank designs are prized for their serene and simple beauty. Available in more than 60 colors in straw marquetry motif, this striking side table showcases the nuanced hues and textures achieved through Frank’s precision in technique and details. Known for his refined and minimalist style, Jean-Michel Frank is the undisputed genius of the French modern movement. Passionate about art and literature, he became an interior decorator by chance when Louis Aragon, a friend, asked him to decorate his apartment. Very quickly all of Paris, fascinated by his eye, entrusted houses and apartments to him. Today it remains the absolute reference for decorators and collectors around the world. The biography devoted to him by Laurence Benaim is the bible for all lovers of this immense decorator.
