Guillerme Et Chambron Mid Repos

White Oak Lounge Chair

French 1950 Armchair

Robert Guillerme

French Boucle Chairs

Mid Century Modern Spindle Chair

Grand Repos Lounge Chair

Materials

Oak

$8,700

Guillerme & Chambron 'Mid Repos' Lounge Chair in Darkened Oak

Located in Waalwijk, NL

Guillerme et Chambron for Votre Maison, 'Mid Repos' lounge chair, darkened oak, fabric, France, 1960s.

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Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Oak

$24,000 / set

Guillerme et Chambron, Grand repos, Set of Three Armchairs, France, 1960

By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison

Located in New York, NY

Robert Guillerme placed equal emphasis on function and aesthetics, creating an aesthetic as staid as it was arresting. While his work was in many ways distinctively conservative and ...

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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Oak

Recent Sales

Huge "Grand repos" Guillerme et Chambron Pair of Armchairs, circa 1960

Unavailable

H 37.41 in W 31.5 in D 31.5 in

Huge "Grand repos" Guillerme et Chambron Pair of Armchairs, circa 1960

By Guillerme et Chambron

Located in Megeve, FR

Pair of armchairs reupholstered in white wool fabric.

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Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Pair of Petit Repos, Guillerme et Chambron with Original Fabric, 1960

Unavailable

H 35.63 in W 30.71 in D 35.04 in

Pair of Petit Repos, Guillerme et Chambron with Original Fabric, 1960

By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron

Located in Milan, IT

The duo is known for their high-quality solid oak furniture. Robert Guillerme (1913-1990) and Jacques Chambron (1914-2001). Their company, Votre Maison, has marked the history of...

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Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Oak

Mid-century "Grand Repos" Armchairs by Guillerme & Chambron for Votre Maison

Unavailable

H 40.95 in W 30.32 in D 30.32 in

Mid-century "Grand Repos" Armchairs by Guillerme & Chambron for Votre Maison

By Votre Maison, Guillerme et Chambron

Located in Brussels , BE

Mid-century "Grand Repos" Armchairs by Guillerme & Chambron for Votre maison - red Velvet fabric

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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Wood

Sold

H 40.56 in D 38.78 in

French 1950's "Grand Repos" Armchair by Guillerme & Chambron

By Guillerme et Chambron

Located in Long Island City, NY

French 1950's " Grand Repos" oak armchair by Guillerme et Chambron

H 31.5 in W 28.35 in D 32.68 in

Italian Adjustable Lounge Chair in the Manner of Carlo Mollino, New Cushions

By Carlo Mollino

Located in Munich, DE

Wonderful organic shape, adjustable in various positions.

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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Materials

Oak

Pair of Art Deco Style Murano Glass Demi Lune Wall Sconces, in Stock

$2,800 / set

H 14.75 in W 8.5 in D 4 in

Pair of Art Deco Style Murano Glass Demi Lune Wall Sconces, in Stock

Located in Miami, FL

Pair of Art Deco style Murano glass demi lune wall sconces, in stock One LED E26 base socket. Black glass sphere and brass fittings. Textured Murano glass, Wired to the American sta...

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Brass

H 57.88 in W 101.19 in D 19.69 in

Mid 20th century Solid oak Brutalist sideboard

Located in Malton, GB

This is a striking mid 20th century Solid oak Brutalist sideboard. Well made and complete with adjustable shelves. (Image shows one side empty but the shelves are on their way!). The...

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Mid-20th Century Sideboards

Materials

Oak

Stunning Henning Kjærnulf Style High Back Armchair of Solid Oak Denmark 1970s

$3,652

H 39.38 in W 29.53 in D 33.08 in

Stunning Henning Kjærnulf Style High Back Armchair of Solid Oak Denmark 1970s

By Henning Kjærnulf, Axel Einar Hjorth

Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg

Stunning Danish Henning Kjærnulf style high-backed farmers chair. Crafted by Danish skilled carpenter in the 1970s, reupholstered with new sheepskin and new rubber girths. The fram...

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Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Oak, Sheepskin

Stunning Highback King Chair of Solid Oak with Greenish Wool Denmark 1930-40

$2,283

H 42.52 in W 30.32 in D 36.23 in

Stunning Highback King Chair of Solid Oak with Greenish Wool Denmark 1930-40

By Axel Einar Hjorth, Henning Kjærnulf

Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg

Stunning Danish baroque style high-backed ear-flap chair hand made in the 1930s The frame and armrests are made beautifully of turned and carved solid oak. Especially the armrests h...

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Vintage 1940s Danish Baroque Armchairs

Materials

Wool, Oak

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Guillerme Et Chambron Mid Repos For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a range of guillerme et chambron mid repos for sale on 1stDibs. Each of these unique guillerme et chambron mid repos was constructed with extraordinary care, often using oak, wood and fabric. There are all kinds of guillerme et chambron mid repos available, from those produced as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Guillerme et chambron mid repos are generally popular furniture pieces, but Mid-Century Modern style is often sought at 1stDibs. Guillerme et Chambron, Guillerme and Chambron and Votre Maison each produced beautiful guillerme et chambron mid repos that are worth considering.

How Much are Guillerme Et Chambron Mid Repos?

Guillerme et chambron mid repos can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $7,364, while the lowest priced sells for $2,240 and the highest can go for as much as $18,000.

Guillerme et Chambron for sale on 1stDibs

Robert Guillerme and Jacques Chambron, the French creative duo behind Votre Maison, met under unusual circumstances: They discussed design while imprisoned in a forced labor camp. The pair’s combined talents later resulted in modern, sculptural furniture — today, vintage Guillerme et Chambron desks, dining tables, chairs and other pieces still look conceptually playful and vibrant but could fit harmoniously into any home.

Guillerme had graduated from the École Boulle in 1934 with a degree in design and architecture, and Chambron had studied at the School of Applied Arts in Reims. They were captured by the Germans in East Prussia during the Second World War and struck up a friendship over their mutual love for all things design.

After the war ended, Guillerme moved to Lille in northern France; Chambron left his job as a painter and decorator in Paris and joined him in 1948. In 1949, the pair met Émile Dariosecq, a skilled cabinetmaker who enthusiastically agreed to manufacture the duo’s designs, leading to the start of Votre Maison.

Guillerme and Chambron were as prolific as they were detailed, producing more than 2,000 pieces in the second half of the 20th century out of a former gun factory. Their furniture, which was mostly made with different tones of waxed oak, adhered to the trends of design that emerged after the war: mid-century modernism.

European furniture in the postwar period largely prioritized function as much as it did form and lacked any unnecessary ornamentation. Guillerme and Chambron wanted people to actually use their furniture, not just look at it. That design philosophy was a pillar of their company, its name translating to “your house” in French. Their signature touches included ornate tiles, hidden drawers and vibrant textiles on pieces such as desks, tables, shelving, lighting, benches and other seating. One of Votre Maison’s most famous and popular pieces was the Grand Repos armchair, a stately, high-backed wide piece with a skeletal oak frame, six spindles and plush cushions.

While Guillerme and Chambron were a team, they handled different aspects of the business: Guillerme designed much of the furniture and Chambron concentrated on decor. Votre Maison was a full-service design business. In 1983, the dynamic duo passed on their company to Chambron’s son, Hervé, a designer and graduate of École Boulle.

Find a collection of vintage Guillerme et Chambron furniture on 1stDibs.

A Close Look at Mid-century Modern Furniture

Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.

ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

Emerged during the mid-20th century
Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
A heyday of innovation in postwar America
Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe

CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
Promotion of functionality

MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

Charles and Ray Eames
Eero Saarinen
Milo Baughman
Florence Knoll
Harry Bertoia
Isamu Noguchi
George Nelson
Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa

ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS

VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS

The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.

Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.

Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.

Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.

The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.

As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.

Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.

Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.

Finding the Right Seating for You

With entire areas of our homes reserved for “sitting rooms,” the value of quality antique and vintage seating cannot be overstated.

Fortunately, the design of side chairs, armchairs and other lounge furniture — since what were, quite literally, the early perches of our ancestors — has evolved considerably.

Among the earliest standard seating furniture were stools. Egyptian stools, for example, designed for one person with no seat back, were x-shaped and typically folded to be tucked away. These rudimentary chairs informed the design of Greek and Roman stools, all of which were a long way from Sori Yanagi's Butterfly stool or Alvar Aalto's Stool 60. In the 18th century and earlier, seats with backs and armrests were largely reserved for high nobility.

The seating of today is more inclusive but the style and placement of chairs can still make a statement. Antique desk chairs and armchairs designed in the style of Louis XV, which eventually included painted furniture and were often made of rare woods, feature prominently curved legs as well as Chinese themes and varied ornaments. Much like the thrones of fairy tales and the regency, elegant lounges crafted in the Louis XV style convey wealth and prestige. In the kitchen, the dining chair placed at the head of the table is typically reserved for the head of the household or a revered guest.

Of course, with luxurious vintage or antique furnishings, every chair can seem like the best seat in the house. Whether your preference is stretching out on a plush sofa, such as the Serpentine, designed by Vladimir Kagan, or cozying up in a vintage wingback chair, there is likely to be a comfy classic or contemporary gem for you on 1stDibs.

With respect to the latest obsessions in design, cane seating has been cropping up everywhere, from sleek armchairs to lounge chairs, while bouclé fabric, a staple of modern furniture design, can be seen in mid-century modern, Scandinavian modern and Hollywood Regency furniture styles.

Admirers of the sophisticated craftsmanship and dark woods frequently associated with mid-century modern seating can find timeless furnishings in our expansive collection of lounge chairs, dining chairs and other items — whether they’re vintage editions or alluring official reproductions of iconic designs from the likes of Hans Wegner or from Charles and Ray Eames. Shop our inventory of Egg chairs, designed in 1958 by Arne Jacobsen, the Florence Knoll lounge chair and more.

No matter your style, the collection of unique chairs, sofas and other seating on 1stDibs is surely worthy of a standing ovation.