For more than a quarter-century, art deco and postwar furniture from France led the market in vintage twentieth-furniture. Rare, intricately designed, and languorously beautiful, the designs that came out of Parisian workshops between the wars satisfied collectors' deep faith in traditional French cabinetmaking, but with such verve and with so many well-placed swooping lines that these pieces also brought life to the well decorated room. (Source: (source: Modern Magazine, Issue One)
At the YSL sale (auction, February 2009) the spirited buying resulted in many world-record prices and "coming in the middle of the global economic downturn, testified to more than the beauty of the pieces. They reasserted French design as the blue-chip standard for collectible 20th Century furniture." ibid., page 71.
The Calderwood Gallery inventory was created by the superb designers whose names are the hallmarks of high-style French furniture from the first half of the 20th Century.
Specializing in French Art Deco, Modernist and Forties design, Calderwood is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA. It has an international reputation and a discriminating clientele with an appreciation of exquisite design, fine craftsmanship and careful, correct restoration.
For nearly 30 years, Gary and Janet Calderwood have been avid scholars and collectors, cultivating an extensive network of resources in Europe and the United States. Calderwood's 1500+ volume library of original period documentation and reference books assures that every piece is well researched and documented.
Bienvenu a la gallerie Calderwood, se situant en centre ville de Philadelphie. Nous sommes specialises en Art Deco francais, Modernistes francais, le mobilier des annees 40, en objets d'art du XXeme siecle et en photos vintage. Nous vous souhaitons une agreable visite et restons a votre disposition.
Including works by these designers as well as numerous others:
