Jean Lurcat Ceramic Tile Coffee Table for Saint Vincens, Circa 1950, France

DESCRIPTION: Jean Lurcat Ceramic Tile Coffee Table for Saint Vincens, Circa 1950, France. Coffee Table made of 18 ceramic tiles (2 of which are restored) with an iron base.

CONDITION: Good condition. Wear consistent with age and use.

DIMENSIONS: Height: 46cm (18in) Width: 97.5cm (39in) Depth: 51cm (20in)

ABOUT THE DESIGNER: Credited with helping revive the design and production of tapestries during the 20th century, French artist Jean Lurçat rubbed shoulders with some of the greatest painters in the world while weaving his own artistic narrative into the fabric of history.  While Lurçat’s best known works are his tapestries, he also produced engravings, book illustrations and ceramics. The Museum of Modern Art in New York City holds some of these book illustrations as well as a few other works in its permanent collection. Other works by Lurçat are held in the collections of the Detroit Museum of Fine Arts, the Musée Nationale d’Art Moderne, the Museum of Chicago, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery in Washington DC.

ABOUT THE STYLE: Mid-Century Modern (MCM) is a design movement in interior, product, graphic design, architecture, and urban development that was popular from roughly 1945 to 1969, during the post–World War II period. The term was used descriptively as early as the mid-1950s and was defined as a design movement by Cara Greenberg in her 1984 book Mid-Century Modern: Furniture of the 1950s. It is now recognized by scholars and museums worldwide as a significant design movement. The MCM design aesthetic is modern in style and construction, aligned with the Modernist movement of the period. It is typically characterized by clean, simple lines and honest use of materials, and it generally does not include decorative embellishments