Gilbert Poillerat, Circular table

Gilbert Poillerat (1902-1988)

Circular table
circa 1950

This table features a basket-style base whose meticulous workmanship in patinated wrought iron and gilded metal, finely curved and modulated, perfectly illustrates Gilbert Poillerat’s mastery of artistic ironwork.
The lacquered top has been remade after a model by Maxime Old.This precise drawing, which strives for accuracy and harmony in its proportions, is a wonderful example of Gilbert Poillerat’s ‘contemporary classicism’. From the 1940s onwards, the artist abandoned his baroque and rococo-inspired repertoire in favour of a more neoclassical voca- bulary, which was even more restrained than the purity that this style already represented at the time.

Height 73 cm (28 3⁄4 in) - Tabletop diameter 113 cm (44 1⁄2 in)

Provenance :
- Private collection, USA.

Literature :
- « Gilbert Poillerat : maître ferronier », François Baudot, éd. Hazan, 1992, similar model varying in size reproduced p. 242.
- Archives de Gilbert Poillerat, similar model varying in size reproduced on the photographs of the period numbered 277 and 278.