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Wrapped AdneT Leleu Quinet RoyerE
M AISON GER A R D 43 & 53 East Te nth St. New York
NY 10003
Wrappe d: An Introduction The Bauhaus school’s innovations in tubular metal furniture were a significant inf luence on French Art Deco designers (including Louis Sognot, René Herbst, Le Corbusier and Charlotte Perriand) who rejected the neoclassical ideals of their predecessors in favor of more streamlined modern designs. However, it wasn’t until the post-war period of the 1950s that tubular furniture would again resurface and gain recognition in France with the works of designers such as Jacques Adnet, Jules Leleu, Jacques Quinet and Jean Royère.
In post-war France, the Marshall Plan brought about economic and social changes that fundamentally altered the way of life. Industry set about rebuilding itself, exploring new technologies and materials, including synthetics and alloys produced during wartime experiments. In reaction to the intensifying urban and industrial concentration, people sought relief in the great outdoors and developed a passion for country living. Despite the traditionally conservative and refined French sensibility, the post-war mood resisted ostentation and second homes called for more carefree and easier to maintain furnishings. A happy medium was furniture made of tubular metal and wrapped in natural materials such as rattan, malacca (rattan found on the coast of Sumatra) and leather, as well as newer man-made materials such as leatherette, laminate and plastic wiring.
Although ideals of luxury and elegance continued to prevail in France, an avantgarde visionary such as Jacques Adnet (head of the Compagnie des Arts Français) was continually looking to incorporate new materials and techniques. At the 1949 Salon des Artistes Décorateurs (SAD), he presented the Salle Commune Champêtre (Pastoral Communal Room), his modern take on the traditional great room in a country house, appointed with solid oak furniture wrapped in leather. Le Décor d’Aujourd’hui hailed it as “the most beautiful manifestation of decorative arts we’ve seen since the war.” Met with such success, Adnet
continued to design with this rustic elegance, moving away from precious woods to create an even lighter series made of tubular metal wrapped in leather. (The saddle stitching on leather was done by hand at the workshop of Robert Pinchon, Director of Artistes Artisans Associés.) The emphasis on ease and away from ornamentation, and the use of natural leather—and, later, leatherette and rattan—significantly transformed the status quo, giving rise to a new aesthetic. Even Jules Leleu wrapped his furniture in leather, including tables and chairs for projects such as the ocean liner S.S. France.
At the time, Jacques Quinet was another proponent of simple lines, exquisite details and functional design. The economic climate of the post-war period compelled the designer to create his own tubular furniture wrapped in leather and leatherette. While working with the lighter and less costly tubular metal, he never neglected form, playing instead with the possibilities offered by bending the tubes. Like Adnet before him, Quinet also collaborated with Robert Pinchon, his neighbor from Normandy who quickly became a friend. In 1957, they created a line of furniture in saddle-stitched leatherette, a new form of artificial leather. One of its primary advantages, especially in seating, is that it requires much less maintenance than leather and does not crack or fade easily. These designs, from sofas to beds, furnished the interiors of ocean liners, private residences and
Gouache & pencil rendering of the apartment of the commander of the ocean liner Ferdinand de Lesseps by Jacques Adnet (1900- 1984), 1951 Gift of Mme. Jacques Adnet, 1994. Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France.
offices, including Ciments français, a cement factory in northern France. Many of the bedrooms in Quinet’s own country home, La Renardière, were furnished
his career, however, featured the use of tubular metal furnishings and rattan,
with his line of brown and blue leatherette furniture.
and these materials resurfaced time and time again in his later work. Despite
This quintessentially modern balance of informality and refinement was also
modernist feeling to his furniture and interiors. The collection he created for his
embraced by Jean Royère. A favored designer of Middle Eastern royalty—
personal quarters at Loch-Bihan, his family’s estate, is a fine example of the wit
including Saudi, Egyptian and Jordanian kings and the Shah of Iran—Royère
and curiosity that infuse Royère’s uniquely avant-garde style.
a strong element of classicism in Royère’s design, there is also a progressive
was no stranger to sumptuous luxury. Most of his time and energy were devoted to making commissioned pieces for his wealthy clients in Europe and the Middle East, and unlike the functionalists, he rejected the mass production of contemporary design, refusing to make series furniture. Early commissions in
FIN E A ND R A R E ROU ND COFFEE TA BLE
DESIGN ER: Jacq ues Ad net (1901-1984)
Original b ordeau x leather, bronze orna-
ORIGIN: France, circa 1950
m ents & partially m irrored glass top. HEIGHT: 15”
DIA M ETER: 35 ½”
PAIR OF A R MCH AIRS
DESIGNER: Jacq ues Ad net (1901-1984)
PAIR OF LOU NGE CH AIRS
DESIGN ER: Jacq ues Ad net (1901-1984)
Black saddle-stitched leather with
ORIGIN: France, circa 1950
Saddle-stitched leather with back and
ORIGIN: France, circa 1950
partial seats upholstered in black p ony
brass sa b ots. HEIGHT: 28”
WIDTH: 27”
Seat HEIGHT: 15½”
DEPTH: 28”
A R M HEIGHT: 22½”
hide. With “X” stretchers, legs ending
HEIGHT: 28¾”
in brass sa b ots.
SEAT HEIGHT: 14½”
WIDTH: 29”
DEPTH: 27”
A R M HEIGHT: 23¼”
R A R E PAIR OF A R MCH AIRS
DESIGNER: Jacq ues Ad net (1901-1984)
Original saddle-stitched leather
ORIGIN: France, circa 1950
& ba m b oo. HEIGHT: 32¼”
WIDTH: 29½”
SEAT HEIGHT: 25”
DEPTH: 28”
A R M HEIGHT: 16½”
PAIR OF T WO-DOOR CA BINETS
DESIGNER: Jacq ues Ad net (1901-1984)
PAIR OF LOU NGE CH AIRS
DESIGN ER: Jacq ues Ad net (1901-1984)
Saddle-stitched leather with brass ring
ORIGIN: France, circa 1950
Saddle-stitched leather with leather
ORIGIN: France, circa 1950
straps r unning dow n the backs of chairs.
handles and brass faux ba m b oo legs. HEIGHT: 33½”
WIDTH: 34¾”
DEPTH: 30¾”
Legs ending in brass sa b ots.
HEIGHT: 30½”
WIDTH: 27”
SEAT HEIGHT: 15“
DEPTH: 31½”
A R M HEIGHT: 26½”
PAIR OF OPEN A R MCH AIRS
DESIGN ER: Jacq ues Ad net (1901-1984)
Saddle-stitched leather on brass
ORIGIN: France, circa 1950
fau x ba m b oo ar m s and legs with caned seat & back.
HEIGHT: 32¾”
WIDTH: 20”
SEAT HEIGHT: 17½”
DEPTH: 21¾”
A R M HEIGHT: 25”
PAIR OF TRIPOD BASE FLOOR L A M PS
DESIGNER: Jacq ues Ad net (1901-1984)
TRIPOD BASE FLOOR L A M P
DESIGN ER: Jacq ues Ad net (1901-1984)
Original saddle-stitched leather on faux
ORIGIN: France, circa 1950
Brass ste m and trip od base with the
ORIGIN: France, circa 1950
ba m b oo brass ste m ending on trip od base.
lower p ortion of ste m covered in its HEIGHT: 70”
BASE DIA M ETER: 16½”
SH A DE DIA M ETER: 20¼”
original saddle-stitched leather.
HEIGHT: 68½”
BASE DIA M ETER: 16”
SH A DE DIA M ETER: 11¼”
T WO-DOOR A R MOIR E
DESIGNER: Jacq ues Ad net (1901-1984)
Oak with original burg undy saddle-
ORIGIN: France, circa 1950
stitched leather w rapp ed m etal legs and strap details.
HEIGHT: 69¼”
WIDTH: 49¼”
Seat HEIGHT: 25”
DEPTH: 27¾”
PAIR OF SIDE TA BLES
DESIGNER: Jacq ues Ad net (1901-1984)
STOOL
DESIGN ER: Jacq ues Ad net (1901-1984)
Red saddle-stitched leather with
ORIGIN: France, circa 1950
Original brow n saddle-stitched leather.
ORIGIN: France, circa 1950
brass d rawer pulls, lower shelves,
Prov enance: M rs. Barrière’s Master
and sa b ots.
Bed roo m decorated by Carlhian, Hotel Majestic, Cannes. HEIGHT: 22½”
WIDTH: 24”
DEPTH: 12¾”
HEIGHT: 17¼”
WIDTH: 17½”
DEPTH: 14”
R A R E T WO-DOOR CA BIN ET
DESIGN ER: Jacq ues Ad net (1901-1984)
Oak ca binet on black w rought iron fra m e
ORIGIN: France, circa 1950
with rop e details. HEIGHT: 42”
WIDTH: 56½“
DEPTH: 21”
WA LL-MOU NTED SHELV ES
DESIGNER: Jacq ues Ad net (1901-1984)
Metal hanging syste m with shelves
ORIGIN: France, circa 1950
covered in leather & tri m m ed in ba m b oo. dim ensions vary
PAIR OF TA BLE L A M PS
DESIGNER: Jacq ues Ad net (1901-1984)
R A R E PAIR OF TA LL T WO-A R M SCONCES
DESIGN ER: Jacq ues Ad net (1901-1984)
Original saddle-stitched leather on
ORIGIN: France, circa 1960
Original saddle-stitched leather and
ORIGIN: France, circa 1950
fau x ba m b oo brass ste m ending on trip od base.
bronze with wicker shades. HEIGHT: 23”
BASE DIA M ETER: 6½”
SH A DE DIA M ETER: 14”
HEIGHT: 40”
WIDTH: 20½“
DIA M ETER: 17½”
SINGLE A R MCH AIR
DESIGNER: Jules Leleu (1883-1961)
SINGLE SIDE CH AIR
DESIGN ER: Jules Leleu (1883-1961)
Covered in original saddle-stitched
ORIGIN: France, circa 1957
Covered in original saddle-stitched
ORIGIN: France, circa 1957
green leather and leatherette with legs
green leather and leatherette with legs ending in gilt-bronze sa b ots.
HEIGHT: 33½”
WIDTH: 23½”
Seat HEIGHT: 18½”
DEPTH: 22”
A R M HEIGHT: 26”
ending in gilt-bronze sa b ots
HEIGHT: 33¼”
WIDTH: 20½”
SEAT HEIGHT: 18½”
DEPTH: 22”
FLOOR L A M P
DESIGNER: Jacq ues Quinet (1918-1992)
R ECTA NGU L A R T WO-TIER SIDE TA BLE
DESIGN ER: Jacq ues Quinet (1918-1992)
Original saddle-stitched leatherette
ORIGIN: France, circa 1960
La m inated top and lower shelf with legs
ORIGIN: France, circa 1960
and nickeled m etal.
covered in original saddle-stitched HEIGHT: 66”
BASE DIA M ETER: 15”
SH A DE DIA M ETER: 20”
leatherette ending in brass sa b ots.
HEIGHT: 16”
WIDTH: 24¼”
DIA M ETER: 16¼”
THR EE-SEATER SOFA
DESIGNER: Jacq ues Quinet (1918-1992)
T WO OF A SET OF FOU R SLIPPER CH AIRS
DESIGN ER: Jacq ues Quinet (1918-1992)
Original saddle-stitched leatherette
ORIGIN: France, circa 1960
Original saddle-stitched plu m leather-
ORIGIN: France, circa 1960
with chro m e sa b ots.
PROV ENA NCE: This sofa was co m m issioned
ette with chro m e sa b ots.
PROVENANCE: These chairs were com missioned
for the offices of Cim ents Français, a
for the offices of Cim ents Français, a
ce m ent factor y in the North of France.
ce m ent factor y in the North of France.
HEIGHT: 28¼”
HEIGHT: 28½”
WIDTH: 73¼”
DEPTH: 32½”
WIDTH: 23”
SEAT HEIGHT: 13½”
DEPTH: 27¾”
R ECTA NGU L A R T WO-TIER SIDE TA BLE
DESIGNER: Jacq ues Quinet (1918-1992)
R ECTA NGU L A R SIDE TA BLE
DESIGN ER: Jacq ues Quinet (1918-1992)
La m inated top and lower shelf with legs
ORIGIN: France, circa 1960
La m inated top with stretcher and legs
ORIGIN: France, circa 1960
covered in original saddle-stitched
covered in original saddle-stitched leatherette ending in brass sa b ots.
HEIGHT: 24¼”
WIDTH: 19¾”
DEPTH: 14”
leatherette ending in brass sa b ots.
HEIGHT: 18”
WIDTH: 17¼”
DEPTH: 13¾”
T WO-DR AW ER COM MODE
DESIGN ER: Jacq ues Quinet (1918-1992)
Original saddle-stitched leatherette
ORIGIN: France, circa 1960
with la m inate top and patinated
PROV ENA NCE: Officer’s ca bin of the ocean
m etal legs.
liner Za m bée. HEIGHT: 33½”
WIDTH: 39¾”
DEPTH: 18¼”
R ECTA NGU L A R T WO-TIER SIDE TA BLE
DESIGNER: Jacq ues Quinet (1918-1992)
SINGLE A R MCH AIR
DESIGN ER: Jacq ues Quinet (1918-1992)
La m inated top with lower shelf covered
ORIGIN: France, circa 1960
Original saddle-stitched leatherette
ORIGIN: France, circa 1960
in original saddle-stitched leatherette,
PROV ENA NCE:
with patinated m etal legs.
patinated m etal legs ending in nickeled
ocean liner Za m bée.
Officer’s ca bin of the
PROV ENA NCE:
Officer’s ca bin of the
ocean liner Za m bée.
bronze caps. HEIGHT: 19¾”
WIDTH: 16”
DEPTH: 14”
HEIGHT: 36”
WIDTH: 28”
SEAT HEIGHT: 17½”
DEPTH: 31”
A R M HEIGHT: 11”
U N USUA L OVA L TA BLE
DESIGN ER: Unk now n
Original travertine top with bullnose
ORIGIN: France, circa 1960
edge on two sets of patinated w roughtiron legs w rapp ed with brass wire.
HEIGHT: 29”
LENGTH: 81¼”
WIDTH: 37½”
The Royer e collection In 1957, Jean Royère redecorated Loch-Bihan, his family’s 16th century Brittany farmhouse. Aside from the dramatic fireplace in the shape of the traditional high Breton bonnet, the only pieces he added of his own design were in his personal bedroom suite: furniture and lighting fixtures made of tubular metal wrapped in bright blue plastic wires that playfully mimicked the look of rattan.
In a typewritten letter to his sister (“ma chère petite Loulette”), dated January 15, 1981, Royère provided a detailed account of the items she would soon inherit. “I have forgotten to speak to you about my own bedroom on the first f loor of Loch-Bihan. It does not have anything antique except the enormous wooden beam that divides the room in two. The furniture was designed by me and it is the first time that we tried to put faux rattan on a metal tubular structure instead of natural malacca.”
Opposite: Jean Royere at Loch-Bihan. Plaisir de France, April 1959. Above: An exterior view of Loch-Bihan. Photos courtesy of Jean-Francois Jaussaud
PAIR OF A R MCH AIRS
DESIGNER: Jean Royere (1902-1981)
PAIR OF SIDE CH AIRS
DESIGN ER: Jean Royere (1902-1981)
Tu bular m etal w rapp ed with original
ORIGIN: France, circa 1960
Tu bular m etal w rapp ed with original
ORIGIN: France, circa 1960
blue fau x m alacca.
blue fau x m alacca. HEIGHT: 35¾”
WIDTH: 25¼”
SEAT HEIGHT: 14¾”
DEPTH: 11½”
A R M HEIGHT: 22½”
HEIGHT: 37¾”
WIDTH: 16¾”
SEAT HEIGHT: 17”
DEPTH: 18½“
TRIA NGU L A R SIDE TA BLE
DESIGNER: Jean Royere (1902-1981)
SLIPPER CH AIR
DESIGN ER: Jean Royere (1902-1981)
Tu bular m etal w rapp ed with original
ORIGIN: France, circa 1960
Tu bular m etal w rapp ed with original
ORIGIN: France, circa 1960
blue fau x m alacca.
blue fau x m alacca, glass top. show n ab ove with slipper chair
HEIGHT: 19½”
WIDTH: 22”
SEAT HEIGHT: 14¾”
DEPTH: 20”
A R M HEIGHT: 22½”
HEIGHT: 35”
WIDTH: 19½”
SEAT HEIGHT: 11¼”
DEPTH: 11½”
L A RGE COFFEE TA BLE
DESIGN ER: Jean Royere (1902-1981)
Persian copp er tray top with raised
ORIGIN: France, circa 1960
scallop ed edges on tu bular m etal legs and stretchers w rapp ed with original blue fau x m alacca. show n with side chair
HEIGHT: 17¾”
DIA M ETER: 44”
THR EE-A R M FLOOR L A M P
DESIGNER: Jean Royere (1902-1981)
Tu bular m etal w rapp ed with original
ORIGIN: France, circa 1960
blue fau x m alacca and parch m ent pap er shades.
HEIGHT: 46”
WIDTH: 20½”
DEPTH: 20½”
PAIR OF TA BLE L A M PS
DESIGNER: Jean Royere (1902-1981)
Tu bular m etal w rapp ed with original
ORIGIN: France, circa 1960
blue fau x m alacca. HEIGHT: 17¾”
WIDTH: 13¼”
DEPTH: 8½”
Historical Appendi x
FINE A ND R A R E ROU ND COFFEE TA BLE Original b ordeaux leather,
DESIGNER: Jacq ues Ad net (1901-1984)
PAIR OF A R MCH AIRS Black saddle-stitched leather
ORIGIN: France Circa 1950
DESIGN ER: Jacq ues Ad net (1901-1984)
HEIGHT: 15”
DIA M ETER: 35 ½”
PAIR OF LOU NGE CH AIRS
DESIGN ER: Jacq ues Ad net (1901-1984)
ORIGIN: France Circa 1950
Saddle-stitched leather with back and
HEIGHT: 28”
hide. With “X” stretchers, legs ending
HEIGHT: 28¾”
in brass sa b ots.
SEAT HEIGHT: 14½”
ORIGIN: France Circa 1950
partial seats upholstered in black p ony
with brass sa b ots.
bronze orna m ents & partially m irrored glass top.
WIDTH: 27”
Seat HEIGHT: 15½”
DEPTH: 28”
A R M HEIGHT: 22½”
WIDTH: 29”
PAIR OF A R MCH AIRS
DESIGNER: Jacq ues Ad net (1901-1984)
Black saddle-stitched leather
ORIGIN: France Circa 1950
PAIR OF LOU NGE CH AIRS
DESIGNER: Jacq ues Ad net (1901-1984)
Saddle-stitched leather with back and
ORIGIN: France Circa 1950
HEIGHT: 28”
WIDTH: 27”
Seat HEIGHT: 15½”
DEPTH: 28”
A R M HEIGHT: 22½”
hide. With “X” stretchers, legs ending
HEIGHT: 28¾”
in brass sa b ots.
SEAT HEIGHT: 14½”
WIDTH: 29”
TRIPOD BASE FLOOR L A M P
DESIGN ER: Jacq ues Ad net (1901-1984)
Brass ste m and trip od base with the
ORIGIN: France Circa 1950
T WO-DOOR A R MOIR E
DESIGN ER: Jacq ues Ad net (1901-1984)
Oak & original burg undy saddle
ORIGIN: France Circa 1950
HEIGHT: 68½”
and strap details.
lower p ortion of ste m covered in its
partial seats upholstered in black p ony
with brass sa b ots.
DEPTH: 27”
A R M HEIGHT: 23¼”
original saddle-stitched leather.
DEPTH: 27”
HEIGHT: 69¼”
WIDTH: 49¼”
DESIGN ER: Jacq ues Ad net (1901-1984)
STOOL
Red saddle stitched-leather with brass
ORIGIN: M rs. Barrière’s Master Bed roo m
Original brow n saddle-stitched leather.
d rawer pulls, lower shelves, and
decorated by Carlhian, Hotel Majestic,
PAIR OF SIDE TA BLES
stitched-leather w rapp ed m etal legs
BASE DIA M ETER: 16”
SH A DE DIA M ETER: 11¼”
A R M HEIGHT: 23¼”
DEPTH: 27¾”
sa b ots.
Seat HEIGHT: 25”
Jacques Adnet by Alain-René Hardy & Gaëlle Millet, Paris, Les Éditions de l’Amateur, 2009, p. 247
Photo Les Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
Le Décor D’Aujourd’hui, n°75, 1952, p. 48
DESIGN ER: Jacq ues Ad net (1901-1984) ORIGIN: France Circa 1950
HEIGHT: 17¼”
Cannes, France. HEIGHT: 22½”
WIDTH: 24”
WIDTH: 17½”
DEPTH: 14”
DEPTH: 12¾”
Jacques Adnet by Alain-René Hardy & Gaëlle Millet, Paris, Les Éditions de l’Amateur, 2009, p. 189 for a similar cabinet.
Art et Décoration, Paris n°18, 1950, p.40.
Le décor d’aujourd’hui, n°69, 1952, p.157.
PAIR OF T WO-DOOR CA BIN ETS
DESIGN ER: Jacq ues Ad net (1901-1984)
Saddle-stitched leather with brass ring
ORIGIN: France Circa 1950
PAIR OF LOU NGE CH AIRS
DESIGN ER: Jacq ues Ad net (1901-1984)
Saddle-stitched leather with leather
ORIGIN: France Circa 1950
HEIGHT: 33½”
WIDTH: 34¾”
DEPTH: 30¾”
Legs ending in brass sa b ots.
PAIR OF T WO-DOOR CA BINETS Saddle-stitched leather with brass ring
DESIGNER: Jacq ues Ad net (1901-1984)
HEIGHT: 30½”
WIDTH: 27”
SEAT HEIGHT: 15“
DEPTH: 31½”
A R M HEIGHT: 26½”
PAIR OF LOU NGE CH AIRS Saddle-stitched leather with leather
ORIGIN: France Circa 1950
DESIGNER: Jacq ues Ad net (1901-1984)
PAIR OF OPEN A R MCH AIRS
ORIGIN: France Circa 1950
Saddle-stitched leather on brass
straps r unning dow n the backs of chairs.
handles and brass faux ba m b oo legs.
straps r unning dow n the backs of chairs.
handles and brass fau x ba m b oo legs.
HEIGHT: 33½”
WIDTH: 34¾”
DEPTH: 30¾”
Legs ending in brass sa b ots.
HEIGHT: 30½”
WIDTH: 27”
SEAT HEIGHT: 15“
DESIGNER: Jacq ues Ad net (1901-1984) ORIGIN: France Circa 1950
faux-ba m b oo ar m s and legs with
DEPTH: 31½”
caned seat & back
A R M HEIGHT: 26½”
R A R E T WO-DOOR CA BIN ET
DESIGN ER: Jacq ues Ad net (1901-1984)
Oak ca binet on black w rought iron fra m e
ORIGIN: France Circa 1950
WIDTH: 20”
SEAT HEIGHT: 17½”
DEPTH: 21¾”
HEIGHT: 42”
A R M HEIGHT: 25”
WIDTH: 56½“
PAIR OF TA BLE L A M PS Original saddle-stitched leather on faux
DESIGN ER: Jacq ues Ad net (1901-1984)
DEPTH: 21”
trip od base.
R ECTA NGU L A R T WO-TIER SIDE TA BLE
ORIGIN: France Circa 1950
La m inated top and lower shelf with legs
HEIGHT: 23”
leatherette ending in brass sa b ots.
DESIGN ER: Jacq ues Quinet (1918-1992)
ORIGIN: France 1960’s
BASE DIA M ETER: 6½”
SH A DE DIA M ETER: 14”
HEIGHT: 16”
WIDTH: 24¼”
SINGLE A R MCH AIR Covered in original saddle-stitched
DESIGN ER: Jules Leleu (1883-1961)
DIA M ETER: 16¼”
Executed by A.A.A. (A rtistes A rtisans
SINGLE SIDE CH AIR Covered in original saddle-stitched
ORIGIN: France Circa 1957
DESIGN ER: Jules Leleu (1883-1961)
ORIGIN: France Circa 1957
green leather, with seat covered in
green leather, with seat covered in
covered in original saddle-stitched
ba m b oo brass ste m ending on
with rop e details.
HEIGHT: 32¾”
original leatherette & legs ending in
HEIGHT: 33½”
gilt-bronze sa b ots.
Seat HEIGHT: 18½”
WIDTH: 23½”
DEPTH: 22”
A R M HEIGHT: 26”
original leatherette & legs ending in
HEIGHT: 33¼”
gilt-bronze sa b ots.
SEAT HEIGHT: 18½”
WIDTH: 20½”
DEPTH: 22”
Associés) under the direction of Robert Pinchon.
Les Décorateurs des années 50 by Patrick Favardin, Paris, Éditions Norma, 2002, p. 22, for a similar commode.
Mobilier et Décoration, n° 34, 1954, p. 406.
Le Décor D’Aujourd’hui, n°75, 1952, p. 48, for a similar model.
Le décor d’aujourd’hui, n° 57, 1950, p.37.
Art & Decoration n°83, 1960, p. 32
The House of Leleu by Françoise Siriex, New York, Hudson Hills Press, 2008, p. 80. © House of Leleu Hudson Hill Press First published by Editions Monelle Hayot, Château de Saint-Remyen-l’Eau, France
SINGLE A R MCH AIR
DESIGN ER: Jules Leleu (1883-1961)
Covered in original saddle-stitched
ORIGIN: France Circa 1957
SINGLE SIDE CH AIR
DESIGN ER: Jules Leleu (1883-1961)
Covered in original saddle-stitched
ORIGIN: France Circa 1957
THR EE SEATER SOFA Original saddle stitched leatherette with chro m e sa b ots.
green leather, with seat covered in
green leather, with seat covered in original leatherette & legs ending in
HEIGHT: 33½”
gilt-bronze sa b ots.
Seat HEIGHT: 18½”
WIDTH: 23½”
DEPTH: 22”
A R M HEIGHT: 26”
original leatherette & legs ending in
HEIGHT: 33¼”
gilt-bronze sa b ots.
SEAT HEIGHT: 18½”
WIDTH: 20½”
DESIGNER: Jacq ues Quinet (1918-1992)
T WO OF A SET OF FOU R SLIPPER CH AIRS Original saddle stitched plu m leather-
ORIGIN: France circa 1960 PROV ENA NCE: This sofa was co m m is-
ette with chro m e sa b ots.
sioned for the offices of Ci m ents
DEPTH: 22”
DESIGNER: Jacq ues Quinet (1918-1992)
ORIGIN: France circa 1960
THR EE SEATER SOFA Original saddle stitched leatherette
PROV ENA NCE: These chairs were co m m is-
with chro m e sa b ots.
sioned for the offices of the Ci m ents
DESIGN ER: Jacq ues Quinet (1918-1992)
T WO OF A SET OF FOU R SLIPPER CH AIRS Original saddle stitched plu m leather-
ORIGIN: France circa 1960 PROV ENA NCE: This sofa was co m m is-
ette with chro m e sa b ots.
sioned for the offices of Ci m ents
Français, a ce m ent factor y in Couvrot,
francais, a ce m ent factor y in the
of the Ci m ents Français, a ce m ent fac-
North of France.
North of France.
tor y in Couvrot, North of France.
HEIGHT: 28¼”
WIDTH: 73¼”
DEPTH: 32½”
HEIGHT: 28½”
WIDTH: 23”
DEPTH: 27¾”
HEIGHT: 28¼”
WIDTH: 73¼”
DEPTH: 32½”
HEIGHT: 28½”
SEAT HEIGHT: 13½”
The House of Leleu by Françoise Siriex, New York, Hudson Hills Press, 2008, p. 427.
PAIR OF A R MCH AIRS
DESIGN ER: Jacq ues Quinet (1918-1992)
Tu bular m etal w rapp ed with original blue
ORIGIN: France circa 1960
WIDTH: 23”
DESIGN ER: Jean Royere (1902-1981)
PAIR OF SIDE CH AIRS Tu bular m etal w rapp ed with original blue
ORIGIN: France Circa 1960
TRIA NGU L A R SIDE TA BLE
DESIGN ER: Jean Royere (1902-1981)
Tu bular m etal w rapp ed with original blue
ORIGIN: France Circa 1960
plastic cording.
plastic cording.
PROV ENA NCE: France Circa 1960. These
HEIGHT: 35¾”
chairs were co m m issioned for the offices
francais, a ce m ent factor y in the North of France.
WIDTH: 25¼”
SEAT HEIGHT: 14¾”
DEPTH: 11½”
A R M HEIGHT: 22½”
DESIGN ER: Jean Royere (1902-1981)
WIDTH: 16¾”
DEPTH: 18½“
show n ab ove with slipper chair
SEAT HEIGHT: 17”
SLIPPER CH AIR Tu bular m etal w rapp ed with original blue
ORIGIN: France Circa 1960
DESIGN ER: Jean Royere (1902-1981) ORIGIN: France Circa 1960
plastic cording.
plastic cording, glass top. HEIGHT: 37¾”
HEIGHT: 19½”
WIDTH: 22”
SEAT HEIGHT: 14¾”
DEPTH: 20”
A R M HEIGHT: 22½”
HEIGHT: 35”
WIDTH: 19½”
DEPTH: 11½”
SEAT HEIGHT: 11¼”
L A RGE COFFEE TA BLE
DESIGN ER: Jean Royere (1902-1981)
Persian copp er tray top with raised
ORIGIN: France Circa 1960
scallop ed edges on tu bular m etal legs and stretchers w rapp ed with original
HEIGHT: 17¾”
DIA M ETER: 44”
blue plastic cording. show n with side chair
DEPTH: 27¾”
SEAT HEIGHT: 13½”
Jacques Quinet by Guitemie Maldonado, Les éditions de l’amateur, Paris, 2000, p. 135
© House of Leleu Hudson Hill Press First published by Editions Monelle Hayot, Château de Saint-Remyen-l’Eau, France La Romanelle, Private residence, Deauville, France. Fond personnel Quinet courtesy Emmanuelle Quinet Tomat.
Courtesy of Jean-Francois Jaussaud www.Luxproductions.com
Courtesy of Jean-Francois Jaussaud www.Luxproductions.com
Courtesy of Jean-Francois Jaussaud www.Luxproductions.com
The Royere collection In 1957, Jean Royère redecorated Loch-Bihan, his family’s 16th century Brittany farmhouse. Aside from the dramatic fireplace in the shape of the traditional high Breton bonnet, the only pieces he added of his own design were in his personal bedroom suite: furniture and lighting fixtures made of tubular metal wrapped in bright blue plastic wires that playfully mimicked the look of rattan.
In a typewritten letter to his sister (“ma chère petite Loulette”), dated January 15, 1981, Royère provided a detailed account of the items she would soon inherit. “I have forgotten to speak to you about my own bedroom on the first f loor of Loch-Bihan. It does not have anything antique except the enormous wooden beam that divides the room in two. The furniture was designed by me and it is the first time that we tried to put faux rattan on a metal tubular structure instead of natural malacca.”
R ECTA NGU L A R T WO-TIER SIDE TA BLE
DESIGNER: Jacq ues Quinet (1918-1992)
La m inated top and lower shelf with legs
ORIGIN: France 1960’s
R ECTA NGU L A R SIDE TA BLE
DESIGN ER: Jacq ues Quinet (1918-1992)
La m inated top with its edges, legs
ORIGIN: France Circa 1960
PAIR OF A R MCH AIRS Tu bular m etal w rapp ed with original blue
HEIGHT: 24¼”
WIDTH: 19¾”
DEPTH: 14”
saddle stitched leatherette ending
HEIGHT: 18”
WIDTH: 17¼”
DESIGN ER: Jean Royere (1902-1981)
DESIGN ER: Jean Royere (1902-1981) ORIGIN: France Circa 1960
WIDTH: 25¼”
SEAT HEIGHT: 14¾”
DEPTH: 11½”
A R M HEIGHT: 22½”
HEIGHT: 37¾”
WIDTH: 16¾”
TA LL THR EE-A R M FLOOR L A M P Tu bular m etal w rapp ed with original
plastic cording. HEIGHT: 35¾”
DEPTH: 13¾”
in brass sa b ots.
PAIR OF SIDE CH AIRS Tu bular m etal w rapp ed with original blue
ORIGIN: France Circa 1960
plastic cording.
and stretcher covered in original
covered in original saddle stitched leatherette ending in brass sa b ots.
DEPTH: 18½“
SEAT HEIGHT: 17”
PAIR OF TA BLE L A M PS
DESIGNER: Jean Royere (1902-1981)
Tu bular m etal w rapp ed with original blue
ORIGIN: France Circa 1960
HEIGHT: 46”
WIDTH: 20½”
DESIGN ER: Jean Royere (1902-1981) ORIGIN: France Circa 1960
plastic cording.
blue plastic cording and parch m ent pap er shades.
HEIGHT: 17¾”
DEPTH: 20½”
WIDTH: 13¼”
DEPTH: 8½”
Opposite: Jean Royere at Loch-Bihan. Plaisir de France, April 1959. Above: An exterior view of Loch-Bihan. Photos courtesy of Jean-Francois Jaussaud
Plaisir de France, April 1959. Courtesy of Jean-Francois Jaussaud www.Luxproductions.com
Courtesy of Jean-Francois Jaussaud www.Luxproductions.com
Jacques Quinet by Guitemie Maldonado, Paris, Les éditions de l’Amateur, 2000, p. 111.
L’Eclairage dans la Maison by L. Rodighiero, Editions Charles Massin, Paris, p. 12.
Courtesy of Jean-Francois Jaussaud www.Luxproductions.com
Gerardus Widdershoven and Benoist F. Dr ut would like to extend their sincere thanks to: Agnès Callu, Carol Cha bert, Guille m ette Delap orte and Jean-Luc Olivié Le Musées des A rts décoratifs, Paris, France; Galerie A rcanes, Paris; Galerie Jacq ues Lacoste, Paris; Galerie Yves Gastou, Paris; Marie & Cyril Grizot; Monelle Hayot, Editions Monelle Hayot; Maité Hud r y, Editions Nor m a; Jean-Francois Jaussaud and Na m Le Duc; Pierre-E m m anuel Martin-Vivier; Aurélien Moline, Les Editions de l’A m ateur; E m m anuelle Quinet To m at; Nathalie Ro m ond, Clara & David Hornez; Laura Silver m an; Françoise Siriex; Laurent Sully-Jaul m es; Marie de Villefranche; Diego Heredia; Christopher Knight; Margaret Ki m; Heather Kristensen Photography by Robert Levin Design by Mother