Guillerme & Chambron Rare "Gustave" Table, "Votre Maison" Edition, Circa 1970

Guillerme & Chambron Rare "Gustave" Table, Votre Maison Edition, circa 1970
A rare edition featuring a tabletop composed of Soignies stone slabs secured by brass studs
2 extension leaves
Votre Maison: a style, a concept, a mindset.
  The Votre Maison story begins in 1940 in Prussia, near Lake Mazaurien. A stalag, a wooden camp… Brought together by the absurd consequences of war, men from different worlds find themselves here. Among them, Jacques Chambron and Robert Guillerme struggle daily to preserve what matters most to them: human dignity.
The war seems endless. To endure the present, they devise a plan for the future.
Winter 1944: the war comes to an end. Along with other fellow exiles, Chambron and Guillerme escape, cross the Nazi front lines, and make their way to the port of Odessa, then on to the Bosphorus and Marseille in France.
     It is now 1946, and war-torn France is a land of severe restrictions in need of reconstruction. Both men return to their original occupations. Guillerme, a 1934 graduate of the “Ecole Boule,” moves back to Lille to design furniture for Atelier Rogie. Chambron, who holds a degree in art, returns to his studio in Paris to paint. Due to time and distance, contact between them is limited.
In 1948, Jacques Chambron and his family move to Lille, and the initial project begins to take shape. Chambron and Guillerme met Emile Dariosecq, a furniture manufacturer, and in 1949 the company Votre Maison was founded.
Guillerme designed the furniture, Chambron marketed it, and Dariosecq manufactured it. Together, they defined a new style and established a new concept. The originality of their collaboration is reflected in the furniture. The “Votre Maison” style quickly became known for its high-quality pieces that are easy to live with. Guillerme designed chests, sideboards, chairs, sofas, and lighting—all of which complemented one another and were produced in limited editions. Whether made of wood, leather, ceramic, or fabric, all designs were sincere and authentic.
     Chambron plays a key role in helping the public embrace this new furniture and convincing them to move away from the ordinary. Distribution of the furniture is handled primarily by the company itself, and on some occasions by architects and interior designers.
     In the early 1970s, Hervé Chambron, Jacques’ son, joined the Votre Maison company. Also a graduate of the École Boule, he became Robert Guillerme’s assistant and began creating his own designs in 1983, the year Jacques Chambron and Robert Guillerme retired.
    Today, Robert Guillerme’s designs are referred to as “French wood furniture of the 1950s.” The furniture has been rediscovered by antique dealers throughout Europe and North America.
    Ceramist Boleslaw Danikowski’s active and remarkable involvement—he designed most of the tiles used to decorate the furniture produced by Votre Maison—contributed significantly to the growth of the company, which employed up to 50 people.

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