Roger CAPRON Ceramic Coffee Table, Vallauris France 1960s

Large fawn-colored enameled sandstone lamp. The body of the lamp is perforated in several places through which the double lighting diffuses a poetic light. the lamp is signed "AA h...

Exceptional light coffee table by the architect André Kulesza, hammered wrought iron and polychrome stained glass crystals. The fragments of glass crystals have been carefully selected and combined harmoniously to represent an abstract design. The glass crystals are fixed on reinforced glass and protected by a window which acts as a table top. the base is reminiscent of a spider, the 4 feet merge in the center and under the glass crystals to support the light diffuser. Incredible work of art. The architect André Kulesza (1913 - 2012) known as the Polish Le Corbusier, carried out this unique production in parallel with the construction of the Polish church in Lens (city in the north of France) of which he was the architect, to commemorate the thousand years of Christianity in Poland. This table is like a masterpiece. Height: 18.11 inch / 46 cm Width: 24.21 inch / 61.5 cm Length: 24.21 inch / 61.5 cm Good condition. circa 1966 The passionate life of André Kulesza, patriot and architect. André Olgierd Kulesza passed away in February 2012, at the age of 89. If the name of this Valdericourtian doesn't mean anything to you, his architectural achievements are certainly not unknown, mainly in the north of France. The town center of Noyelles-lès-Vermelles, buildings in Noeux-les-Mines, the Ephad (accommodation establishment for dependent elderly people) in Sailly-Labourse or Violaines, the Millenium church in Lens and many more Other achievements in France and around the world have marked the career of this Polish immigrant whose destiny was shaken by History. It must be said that André O. Kulesza already had unusual parents. His mother, from the Polish nobility having lost part of her family massacred by the Bolsheviks in 1917 and taking refuge with her aunt in Poznan, attended Paderewski, Marie Curie and became a painter; in 1919, speaking excellent French, she worked for the French military mission in Warsaw and a young captain named Charles De Gaulle. Later, she would be a member of the Polish Resistance...

Beautiful coffee table with a brutalist design. Raw wood structure (pickled), circular top inlaid with slate stone plate, assembled in mosaic to form a square. Top height: 42 cm Top thickness: 3 cm Diameter: 73 cm table in good condition, wear consistent with age and use. France, circa 1980's. The French Brutalist style, known as "Brutalism", is an architectural movement that emerged in the 1950s and 1970s. It is characterized by massive structures made of raw concrete, raw wood, and raw natural materials, often with bold geometric shapes and a monolithic appearance. The term "brutalist" derives from the French word "brut", meaning "raw" or "raw", referring to the unfinished concrete used in these constructions. Characteristics of French Brutalism...

This unique coffee table, a genuine piece of French folk art from the 1950s. Crafted from solid oak, this sturdy and timeless piece highlights the beauty of aged wood, enhanced by wr...

Ceramic coffee table by Roger Capron, Vallauris, France, 1960s.

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Ceramic coffee table by Roger Capron, Vallauris, south of France, 1960s.

Coffee table "Navettes" by Roger Capron, Vallauris, France, 1960s.