French Art Deco Furniture
French Art Deco Bibliotheque
A very special French art deco 1930’s bibliotheque. Constructed of matched macassar ebony veneers with solid mahogany trim and foot. The handles, keys and hinges are of nickeled bronze. The cabinet has full doors on each side which open to reveal 4 shelves for books or storage. The center door has a closed shelf on the bottom, two glassed in shelves and an open shelf on top. The quality is comparable to Leleu or DominiqueDominique
[Founded in 1922]
Founded by Andre Domin (1883 - 1962) and Marcel Genevriere (1885 - 1976). Their showroom was located at 104 Faubourg, St. Honore. Their furniture design was characterized by simplicity and dignity.
One of Dominique's first commissions was to provide furniture for the home of silver designer Jean Puiforcat in Biarritz. This was followed by a commission to do the establishment of the perfumer Houbigant in Neuilly.
Beginning in 1926 they exhibited with Chareau, Legrain, Puiforcat and Raymond Templier as the "Groupe des Cinq".
Dominique exhibited a "Salon d'un Ambassadeur" at the 1925 Paris Exposition International des Arts Décoratifs et Industrieles Modernes. They also exhibited at the Exposition Colonial in Paris in 1931 and created a "Salon de Musique" for the 1937 Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques also in Paris.
For the great French ocean liner Normandie, launched in 1932, four luxury apartments were commissioned for each by a great French design firm (Leleu, Sue, Montagnac and Dominique). The Rouen suite which Dominique designed "was remarkable for the extremely refined use that Dominique made of materials...unquestionably the most avant-garde of the four talents assigned to the deluxe apartments".. The bibliotheque measures 61 ½” wide, 71 ½” high and 18” deep.
Reference# FF179
