1950s French Glass Desk

Desk attrib. To Jacques Dumond. 1950s. France. Walnut, glass, metal. 80cm high, 140cm wide, 55cm deep. Jacques Dumond (1906–1991) was a pioneering French architect and designer whose work helped shape postwar modernism. Trained at the École Boulle, he began his career in 1927 with a villa commission in Bucharest and went on to create interiors and furniture for the Mobilier National, the Élysée Palace, General Eisenhower, and numerous public institutions. A regular exhibitor at the major French design salons and a representative of French luxury furniture at the Milan Triennale, Dumond played a key role in the evolution of modern design in France. He served as first vice-president of the Société des Artistes Décorateurs, sat on the board of the Union des Artistes Modernes (UAM), and taught at the École Normale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs.