WROUGHT IRON TABLE LAMP ATTRIBUTED TO RÉNE PROU
WROUGHT IRON TABLE LAMP ATTRIBUTED TO RÉNE PROU
France, circa 1920s
Elegant French Art Moderne design with aged patina, featuring characteristic curled feet typical of his wrought-iron furniture produced by Edgar Brandt and Raymond Subes, circa 1929.
Comes with simple Empire white card shade (small crease in shade). Tested and wired for the UK with braided antique flex.
Dimensions: 50cm high without shade
René Prou: Born in Nantes in 1887, René Prou came to Paris after being graduated of the Bernard Palissy’s school. Then began his career as artistic director of the Maison Gouffé. At the same period, Prou created a cave decorated with beads for the couturier Paul Poiret during the Universal Exhibition of 1937.
Called the first decorator of the modern taste (gout moderne), he contributed to the Art Deco movement's expansion. He took part, in 1926, in the luxurious decoration of the Orient Express's Pullman Cars to which he applied rare wooden marquetries and precious Chinese lacquers. Fuelled by classical forms, he nevertheless contributed to modern design by participating to the decoration of various ocean liners and the Villa Noailles.