
Transat armchair, by Robert Mallet-Stevens, Editions Pierre Dariel
Paris, France, circa 1926
Biography
Robert Mallet-Stevens was a French architect and designer, born on March 24, 1886 in Paris, where he died on February 8, 1945. He was part of the modern movement, a famous film set designer in the 1920s for Marcel L’Herbier and Jean Renoir, and director of the Lille School of Fine Arts.
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