Lot 160
René Prou (French 1887-1947)
Pair of Console Tables
Auction: 29 April 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
gilt iron with mottled black marble tops
Dimensions
Base: 43cm high (17in high); Marble Tops: 3cm high, 61cm wide (1.25in high, 24in wide)
Provenance
Provenance:
Sotheby's, London, Fine 20th Century Design, 2 May 2007, Lot 33;
The Private Collection of Mark Gillette.
Footnote
In his day René Prou was one of the major figures of the Art Deco movement, but one of the significant trademarks of Prou’s work is that ‘there is no identifiable Prou style’. He took the core ideas of the Deco movement, and moulded them to create his own personal spin on them, recreating his approach to design depending on the project and purpose of each commission. This included cabins for the Orient Express, interiors for nine ocean liners, rooms for Tokyo’s Mitsukoshi department store, and the dining room of New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. He also served as professor at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs.