Georges De Bardyere (1883-1941), Set Of Art Deco Desks, Signed 1920

Very beautiful set of desks, special order dating from 1919, including a library display cabinet in blond mahogany and burr walnut or amboyna burl, glass door and shelves, a desk in blond mahogany and burr walnut or amboyna burl with 4 drawers, a caned armchair and velvet cushion, a blotting paper and a circular box. All pieces are signed "Georges de BARDYERE". Display cabinet size 195 cm high, 85 cm wide and 45 cm deep. Desk size 72 cm high, 112 cm long and 69 cm deep. Armchair size 79 cm high, 60 cm wide and 45 cm deep. Blotting paper size 22*13 cm Box size 15 cm diameter and 12 cm high Georges de Bardyere, (1883 -1942) was a French decorator and furniture designer. By 1912, he had established himself as a designer of the classical "modern" style—similar to Léon Jallot—with what would become known as the beginning of Art Deco. At that time, Art Deco was a very new type of decorative art. Bardyere participated in a major exhibition in 1914, but this had to be put on hold until the end of World War I, which pushed back the presentation of Art Deco, for various reasons, until 1925. Bardyere loved plant forms and made his own sculptures, as this piece of furniture demonstrates. His works were shown at the Salons of the Société des Artistes Décorateurs and, from 1921, at the Salon d'Automne.