POILLERAT TABLE DEER IRON SCAGLIOLA
Poillerat table deer iron Scagliola. Hammered wrought iron hunting table with aged brown patina. The ironwork is particularly rich and complex, featuring motifs of branches, twisted ropes, hunting horns, and deer antlers. Firenze-made museum-quality Scagliola top. Made upon order, it is therefore available in many dimensions, metal finishings and types of marble or stone.
> See also a Poillerat style neoclasical dining table.
Gilbert Poillerat was one of the most renowned French designers and wrought iron masters of the 20th Century. Inspired by historical architecture, he imagined then elegant metal objects and furniture. His creations are unique for their perfect proportions and distinctive personal style. Poillerat collaborated with many of the leading designers of his time, among them Jacques Adnet, André Arbus, Jean Pascaud and Jean Royère.
› See furthermore Gilbert Poillerat furniture.
This dining table is inspired by an original one by Gilbert Poillerat displayed at the MAD (Musee des Arts Decoratifs) in Paris. Serge Roche commissioned it in 1943 for the first exhibition at the Palais of the Louvre of the Société des décorateurs français (Society of French Decorators)
Scagliola is imitating marble or mosaic of pietra dura. Scagliola is a combination of a fine plaster of powdered gypsum, glue and pigments. Very skilled craftsmen produced the highest quality scagliola in the 18th century in Italy at Firenze. They covered walls, fireplaces, furniture… with scagliola. The most beautiful pietre dure or scagliola pieces are today exhibited in Firenze at Palazzo Pitti or Opificio delle pietre dure.
Vosges fabricates luxury Art Deco style metal chairs, lamps, tables and pieces of furniture.
Source: Wikipedia
Photos: Thomas Hennocque
