Art deco armchair by René Prou

Chair René PROU (1889-1947) Chair with fins covered with parchment externally and internally of black leather. Black leather sheathed base. Base front and back arched. H84 x L52 x P48 cm dimensions "Born in Nantes in 1887, René Prou settled in Paris after graduating from the school Bernard Palissy. He began his career as a Decorator as Artistic Director of the House Gouffé. It is also at the beginning of his experience as a Decorator that less will be a cave decorated with beads at the universal exhibition of 1937 for the couturier Paul Poiret. During his career, René Prou had quickly of prestigious orders. Among them: the room of the Council of the discount of Paris desk and the residence of the Ambassador of the Paraguay. It will also carry out the Paris transatlantic first-class cabins and decoration of liners Normandy, Atlantic, Lafayette, Champlain, De Grasse and Volubilis."

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