Vintage Armchair By Maurice Pré - 1950s

A modernist design armchair designed by the French designer Maurice Pré (1907-1988) in the 1950s. Made up of a solid blond oak frame, equipped with a seat and backrest in washable, vintage dark green imitation leather. Compass base with small handles. It has simple and chic lines with its retro aesthetic. Quality vintage armchair in very good condition for a retro and relaxed atmosphere. Delivery possible. Maurice Pré was born in Paris on May 22, 1907. He received technical training from the Ecole Boulle, which he graduated from in 1924 to join Ruhlmann, where he remained until the latter's death, that is to say, eight years. He then left for Switzerland where he worked with the architect Laverrière. Upon his return to Paris in 1934, he carried out important works as a decorator with the architects Patout, Démaret and Porteneuve. From 1935, he became independent, presenting furniture sets at the 1937 International Exhibition and exhibiting at the Salons des Artistes Décorateurs, d'Automne, de l'Imagerie and des Arts Ménagers. The war, then a new stay in Switzerland, interrupted his activity in Paris, which he only resumed after the Liberation. He then participated with some comrades in the founding of the Union of Decorative Artists Creators of Sets UADCE of which he was treasurer. An active member of the SAD, he was its delegate to the Confederation of Intellectual Workers and to the Syndicat de la Propriété Artistique. In 1946 he succeeded René Gabriel at the School of Applied Arts and, in 1947 he was appointed professor of composition at the National School of Fine Arts in Nancy. Maurice Pré has produced numerous public and private installations in France, Switzerland, Italy and the USA and has been commissioned by the Mobilier National for several sets for the Elysée Palace. Maurice Pré, through his training at the Ecole Boulle, is an experienced technician and by nature curious about all the resources offered not only by an experimental knowledge of the profession but also by the new techniques and materials that he enjoys studying with their specialists and creators. Maurice Pré, alongside Ruhlmann, acquired a taste for beautiful cabinetmaking, for human functionalism, and, having experienced the decorative value of pure, logically balanced forms and volumes, he was also able to listen to the lessons of the architects with whom he collaborated. He thus acquired precise convictions to which he intends to remain faithful.