20thC LARGE FRENCH COFFEE TABLE ATTRIBUTABLE TO MAISON JANSEN c.1970

DESCRIPTION

A large coffee table attributed to Maison Jansen, made in France around the 1970's. The faux bamboo frame made out of brass supporting a clear glass table top. A truly elegant solution for any interior looking to enrich the room with a little vintage class of the finest quality.

Maison Jansen was a Paris-based interior decoration office founded in 1880 by Dutch-born Jean-Henri Jansen. Jansen is considered the first truly global design firm, serving clients in Europe, Latin America, North America and the Middle East. Throughout the firm's history, it employed a traditional style drawing upon European design, but influence of contemporary trends including the Vienna Secession, Modernism, and Art Deco has also appeared in Jansen interiors and in much of the custom furniture the firm produced between 1920 and 1950. Under Boudin's leadership, Maison Jansen provided services to the royal families of Belgium, Iran, and Serbia as well as Elsie de Wolfe and Lady Olive Baillie’s Leeds Castle in Kent, England. The firm's most published work was a project by Boudin and Paul Manno, the head of Jansen's New York office, for the U.S. White House during the administration of John F Kennedy. At the same time, Jansen completed the interior of the motor yacht Chambel IV, now renamed Northwind II. Northwind II is one of the few remaining complete Jansen commissions.

CONDITION

Some light corrosion to brass-work, otherwise very good vintage condition. Please refer to photographs

SIZE

Height: 45cm
Width: 100cm
Depth: 50cm