Maurice Dufrène

Rare art nouveau transitional art deco floor lamp. In bronze with floral decoration topped with an alabaster basin. Electrified and in perfect condition. Model listed in “The Paris Salons Voloume V” page 234. It dates from 1913, autumn salon. Total height: 177 cm Base diameter: 34 cm Basin diameter: 45 cm Weight: 20 Kg Sent in two separate packages. Maurice Dufrène is a French cabinetmaker, interior designer, chief decorator and writer, born in 1876 in Paris and died in 1955 in Nogent-sur-Marne. Maurice Dufrène was co-founder in 1902 of the Society of Decorative Artists. In 1920 he created the Maîtrise workshop at Galeries Lafayette. He advocates mass production and works with all materials: fabric, glass, wood, silver, ceramics. Through Henri Rapin he met Camille Tharaud for whom he created several forms of porcelain cups. He designed the decoration of the large hall of the Parisian cinema Le Grand Rex...

A very elegant Art Deco vase by Maurice Dufrène (1876-1955), for Boch Freres Keramis, 1922. The slender ovoid-shaped vase with vertical insised decoration of blue bands heightend in ...

Art Deco Desk by Dufrene Maurice (1876 - 1955)

A superb example of early Art Deco Design by Maurice Dufrene. The burr walnut canted sideboard supporting a marble top, which is "framed" by intricate inlay of Mother-of-Pear, and fr...

A superb example of early Art Deco Design by Maurice Dufrene. The octagonal form dining table having a burl walnut veneered top with a central intricately inlaid garden scene execute...

A superb example of early Art Deco Design by Maurice Dufrene. Each of the eight (8) dining chairs is constructed a frame intricately inlaid with fruit wood and Mother-of-Pearl. The ...

After 1910 Dufrêne’s work took on the forms of neoclassicism, and at last, an aesthetic that would coalesce into the Art Deco. While he didn’t shy from metal, ceramic, glass, or fabr...

Classic French Art Deco swooping round-backed club/arm/relaxing chair by Maurice Dufrene, circa 1925. 25” wide x 29” deep x 32” high. MAURICE DUFRENE (1876 - 1955) One of the ...