Guillerme & Chambron Angular Carved Sideboard in Solid Oak
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This exceptional sideboard is a great example where both aesthetics and functionality come into play; elegant in line and practical to use for various occasions. The front embodies a magnificent pattern of carved angled shapes adorned with round carvings, adding a wonderful rhythmic and haptic surface to the front. The corpus is divided into differently sized drawers of which the interiors are furnished in varied ways. This is where functionality comes into play. The interiors are equipped with different compartments that allow the sure to store its personal belongs in an organized way. The rectangular base lifts the base up in a graceful manner, which adds more air and transparency to the quite solid sideboard.
The French designer duo Jacques Chambron (1914-2001) and Robert Guillerme (1913-1990) started their production postwar. Robert Guillerme studied design and architecture at the École Boule and graduated first in his class in 1934. Meanwhile, Jacques Chambron graduated from the School of Applied Arts in Reims. During the Second World War, the two met in a stalag, a Prussian prisoner camp, while being imprisoned by the Germans in East Prussia and started a great friendship based on their intense and deep passion for interior design. In 1948, Chambron resigned from his job as a painter and decorator on the Rue Nollet in Paris to move to Lille, in the North of France and join Guillerme. A year later, the two met cabinetmaker Émile Dariosecq, who was owner of a workshop close by. It was during this meeting, that they decided to create their own company. They named it “Votre Maison”, meaning “Your Home”, which became the soul of the company. With this, they wanted to create pieces that focused on functionality combined with a beautiful design useful for daily life. by which they created a worldwide reputation. Most of the furniture designed by this duo this piece shows a strong character and has a great expressive woodwork. The three of them divided their work equally. Overall, Guillerme worked as a designer, Chambron as a commercial, and Dariosecq’s workshop manufactured the pieces. Throughout their career, ‘Votre Maison’ produced over two thousand models, leaving a lasting mark in the world of design.
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From a stalag to a Lille workshop
After the war, Guillerme — a 1934 graduate of the École Boulle — returned to Lille to work as an interior decorator for the respected Ateliers Rogier. Chambron, trained at the École des Arts Appliqués in Reims, resumed his own practice as a painter-decorator from a studio on the rue Nollet in Paris. In 1948 Chambron relocated his family to Lille, and the two reconnected there; they found in Émile Dariosecq, a cabinetmaker looking for new industrial outlets, the craftsman who could turn their ideas into furniture.
In May 1949 the three founded Votre Maison: Guillerme designed the furniture, Chambron managed client relations and interior advice, and the Dariosecq workshops handled production. Over the following fifty-five years — the company operated until 2004 — they produced roughly two thousand distinct models, sold directly through their own points of sale rather than department stores, which kept quality tightly controlled. Hervé Chambron, an École Boulle graduate himself, joined the firm in 1973 and took over its direction around a decade later.
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