Henri Rapin and Charles Hairon, Art Deco living room in cherry wood

Very beautiful complete living room by Henri Rapin and Charles Hairon for the private mansion of Doctor Jean d’Herbécourt and kept since in the family.
This furniture is almost theatrical, the seats of which are reminiscent of thrones, and is most likely a unique work.
It follows the set commissioned in 1908/1909 by Doctor D’Herbécourt from Henri Bellery-Desfontaines (1867-1909). This consisted of a fireplace, a dresser, a serving trolley, a table with twelve chairs and a chandelier, which included four large paintings by Henri Martin, woodwork and a door with stained glass by Henri Rapin (this dining room is reconstructed at the Musée Départemental de l’Oise in Beauvais). It was therefore quite natural that after Bellery-Desfontaines’ death, Rapin continued the development of the Parisian mansion. Painter, illustrator and decorator, artistic advisor at Sèvres, he designed the reception room and a dining room for the French Embassy during the Decorative Arts Exhibition of 1925.
Born in Paris on February 24, 1873 and died in the same city on June 30, 1939, he was a French painter, illustrator and decorator.
A student of Jean Léon Gérôme and Eugène Grasset, he was close to Bellery-Desfontaines and gradually moved towards the decorative arts and thus designed art nouveau furniture (for Dumas Barbedienne among others) then evolved from 1910 towards art deco
He was also artistic advisor to the Sévres factory in the 1920s.

Dimensions (in cm): Armchairs: Max. height: 102, width: 59, depth: 60 | Sofa ... : 110, length: 200, depth: 90

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