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Small removable dining table in solid oak and oak veneer on the top.this elegant and timeless table can seat four or six guests ,it can also be used as a work table.René Gabriel design ,manufactured between 1950 and 1959 in France.
Good condition: slight brown mark on the edge of the top (see photo).René Gabriel (1890-1950)after training at the Germain Pilon school and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris,presented the results of his research into industrial production at the Salon d'Automne and the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs in 1919,and took part in the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs Industriels et Modernes in 1925.His approach to mass-produced furniture began in 1927 at the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs, with a piece of furniture in oak featuring sober lines. In 1934, he studied an economical version, which he presented at the Salon des Arts Ménagers under the name éléments RG. After the war, in 1944, he was appointed by the Ministry of Reconstruction and Urban Planning to create emergency furniture.
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