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Dufrêne's furniture designs show that he appreciated craftsmanship and workshop production. His designs from 1910 onward combine structure and decoration in a harmonious balance. They are austere and neoclassical, reminiscent of the Louis XVI style. Usually his furniture was made of dark mahogany,
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movement. He hated the uniform tubular steel chairs that became common in the 1930s, writing, "The same chair, mechanical and tubular that is to be found in almost every country – Austria, America, Germany, Sweden, France etc. It is the anonymous, neutral universal chair...that is the root cause of
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in Paris. The pavilion itself was designed by the architects J. Henart, G. Tribout and G. Beau. Dufrêne decorated the interior with painting on the walls and ceiling, hanging lights, narrow metal railings and decorative objects. Every element illustrated the Art Deco objective of developing a new
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Maurice Dufrêne was born in Paris in 1876. His father had a wholesale commodities business. Dufrêne would collect left-over pieces of wood, cardboard and fabric from his father's workplace and turn them into decorative artworks. He studied at the
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in some cases with ebonized decoration, but usually did not have carved ornament. His style became simpler and more angular in the 1930s.
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period, but soon turned away from this style. In the 1920s he quickly adapted to the
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