Attributed to Pierre Lardin, pair of armchairs (#1742)
French Art Deco pair of open-sided armchairs attributed to the French designer Pierre Lardin, circa 1937, in cherry. Newly restored and upholstered. 21.5” wide x 24” deep x 32.5” high. Arm height: 26.5”. Possible variant of chairs documented in Ensembles Mobiliers, 1937. See photos.
PIERRE LARDIN (b. Paris 1902 - d. 1982)
French painter and designer Pierre Lardin was born in Paris in 1902. He studied at the Ecole Boulle and then at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He taught in Valenciennes, the Centre d’Art et Technique in Paris, the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs and the Ecole Regionnale d’Architecture in Grenoble. He created furniture designs, many works in engraved glass as well as wallpapers and theater sets. He also contributed designs for a number of luxurious French oceanliners, including the Normandie. He died in Paris in 1982.
French Art Deco pair of open-sided armchairs attributed to the French designer Pierre Lardin, circa 1937, in cherry. Newly restored and upholstered. 21.5” wide x 24” deep x 32.5” high. Arm height: 26.5”. Possible variant of chairs documented in Ensembles Mobiliers, 1937. See photos.
PIERRE LARDIN (b. Paris 1902 - d. 1982)
French painter and designer Pierre Lardin was born in Paris in 1902. He studied at the Ecole Boulle and then at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He taught in Valenciennes, the Centre d’Art et Technique in Paris, the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs and the Ecole Regionnale d’Architecture in Grenoble. He created furniture designs, many works in engraved glass as well as wallpapers and theater sets. He also contributed designs for a number of luxurious French oceanliners, including the Normandie. He died in Paris in 1982.
French Art Deco pair of open-sided armchairs attributed to the French designer Pierre Lardin, circa 1937, in cherry. Newly restored and upholstered. 21.5” wide x 24” deep x 32.5” high. Arm height: 26.5”. Possible variant of chairs documented in Ensembles Mobiliers, 1937. See photos.
PIERRE LARDIN (b. Paris 1902 - d. 1982)
French painter and designer Pierre Lardin was born in Paris in 1902. He studied at the Ecole Boulle and then at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He taught in Valenciennes, the Centre d’Art et Technique in Paris, the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs and the Ecole Regionnale d’Architecture in Grenoble. He created furniture designs, many works in engraved glass as well as wallpapers and theater sets. He also contributed designs for a number of luxurious French oceanliners, including the Normandie. He died in Paris in 1982.