(Attributed to) Louis Barillet three-panel screen (#1660)

French, circa 1930, three-panel industrial glass screen, attributed to Louis Barillet. 32” wide each panel (96” wide in all) x 82” high.

LOUIS BARILLET (1880-1948

French stained glass designer, Louis Barillet, was a member of the UAM (Union des Artistes Modernes) and exhibited with them through 1937. He was active in the 1920s through the 1930s and received commissions from, among others, Modernist architect Robert Mallet-Stevens. He worked in active partnership with Jacques Le Chevallier in Paris and together they were known for their geometrical approach to design, and vigorous Cubist and Modern forms in clear and colored glass. They designed and produced the decorative glass windows for the periodical La Semaine a Paris. From 1945 he partnered with Theodore Hansen.