Coffee Table with Double Top in Brushed Steel and Brass, Guy Lefèvre for Ma

Guy Lefèvre remains one of the most famous designers to have worked under the auspices of Maison Jansen, his furniture distinguished by a characteristic material vocabulary that combined the satin-finished, cool touch of brushed steel with the warm glow of brass to produce objects of lasting decorative strength. This elongated coffee table with two levels is a quintessential example of his mature work, blending formal restraint and material luxury in the manner that made his pieces some of the most sought after in the world of French interior design in the 1970s. The rectangular shape—low, horizontal, and deliberately proportioned—makes its impact through the precision of its construction: the brushed steel frame, with sharp right-angle joints, is highlighted by a continuous brass trim that frames the edges of the upper and lower tops. The two levels are topped with smoked glass, whose subtle tone chromatically complements the warm and cool metals of the structure. Produced for the illustrious Maison Jansen—the house that counted among its clients the crowned heads of Europe and the most distinguished collectors of the 20th century—this piece represents the pinnacle of the post-war production of the house: a synthesis of decorative tradition and modernist sensibility that few workshops could match. A fine representative example in good vintage condition. The two glass tops are present and intact.