Style Art Deco / Ref.0611

Three Sue et Mare panelled rooms.

This paneled room is carved out of mahogany. It was for a room of 294 X 191 inches. See plan for detailed measurements. 20 matching oak doors are available, not included in the price. References to these panels can be found in Florence Camard's book 'Sue et Mare'. Along with Ruhlmann, the Art Deco workshops of Louis Sue and André Mare produced the finest classically-inspired furniture and interiors. This gorgeous book documents their prodigious output. It is in French. Provenance of this paneled room: "Peignages du Nord," the biggest textile company in the North of France for a century and a half.

Biography: Louis Sue ( 1875 - 1968) - Andre Mare (1887 - 1932) Andre Mare was an artist who studied at the Academie Julian Louis Sue. He also trained as a painter, but turned to interior design as early as 1905. This lack of a design or craft training led both Sue and Mare to be grouped with the Coloristes in Paris before the First World War. Mare was involved with Duchamp Villon's Maison Cubiste in 1912, while Sue worked with Poiret until the founding of La Maison Martine in 1912. In the same year, Sue set up his own decorating firm, L'atelier Francais, and began his association with Mare in 1914. This association became a partnership in 1919 with the foundation of La Compagnie des Arts Francais, which lasted until 1928. Sue et Mare worked across the spectrum of the decorative arts from wallpapers to furniture. Their furniture used exotic woods and was clearly inspired by traditional French styles. At the 1925 Paris Exposition, their pavilion, Un Musee d'Art Contemporian, rivalled Ruhlmann's. The firm also exhibited furniture in the Ambassade Francaise and the Perfums d'Orsay boutique among other pavilions. The partnership ended in 1928, and Sue continued work in France throughout the 1930s.