Rene Drouet Art Deco Style Hand Forged Wrought Iron Sconces Set of 5
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A rare and fine quality set of 5 French Art Deco wall sconces by Rene Drouet. These wall lights have a wonderful provenance, they originate from the legendary, elegant and renowned boutique Hotel Nord Pinus in Arles, France. These were discovered in the attic covered in dust yet were in perfect antique condition. Newly refinished and rewired.
The French Art Deco style is very sophisticated. This exquisite set of 5 hand forged iron sconces by Rene Drouet will enhance any setting whether Art Deco, Spanish Colonial or Hacienda style, Mid-20th Century, contemporary, traditional or another theme.
They would work well in a formal living room, bedroom or wonderful flanking a doorway or entry.
In very good refinished condition.
Dimensions:
Largest double armed sconce measures: 12 1/2" High x 22" Wide x 6 1/4" Deep 4 single armed sconce measures: 12 3/8" High x 9 3/8" Wide x 12" Deep
Provenance Hotel Nord Pinus in Arles, France and some its history:
Nord Pinus, is located across the Café de la Nuit, immortalised by Van Gogh and five minutes from the Van Gogh’s Foundation (started by the late father of Maja Hoffmann). “The Place du Forum was called “La Place des Hommes”, where independent workers would come to get hired for jobs in Camargue. Later in the 1950s, Nello a clown and Germaine a cabaret singer turned the historic building overseeing Arles’ central square into a hotel for artists. This drew important guests such as Eva Garner, Winston Churchill, Edith Piaf, Yves Montand, and Pablo Picasso among many others.”
The spectres of Jean Cocteau and Pablo Picasso are still there and the hotel remains a cultural landmark in Arles. “Don’t forget that Ray Charles, Francis Scott Fitzgerald, Caetano Veloso, Ravi Shankar, Buena Vista Social Club, Cesária Évora, Darius Gongy, Peter Lindbergh, Patty Smith, Paolo Roversi, Peter Beard, Rosanna Armani, Jill Sander, Yogi Yamamoto, Rei Kawakubo, Tony Gatlif, Johnny Depp, Kate Moss and countless more talents also stayed at Nord Pinus.”.
René Prou
1889–1947, Nantes and Paris
- Training
- École Bernard Palissy, Paris
- Teaching
- École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs
- Le Bon Marché
- Artistic director, 1928–1932
- Commissions
- Orient Express Pullman cars, 1926
René Prou trained at the École Bernard Palissy in Paris and began as artistic director for the house of Gouffé. He taught and then directed at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs through the 1920s, and succeeded Paul Follot as artistic director of Le Bon Marché from 1928 to 1932.
He worked on the Pullman cars of the Orient Express in 1926 and on first-class cabins for several ocean liners. His hand shows in curved forms and in worked metal — he developed a way of treating metal to give it something of the give of rattan.
Biographical detail from 1stDibs Introspective.
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