Clock - Guillerme et Chambron circa 1960

Rare parquet clock by Guillerme and Chambron.
Patinated and blackened oak.
Dial with openwork bronze hands, blackened cylinders showing the hours.
Stylized openwork pendulum, brass weights.
Very modern, in working order.
Circa 1960.
Height 192 cm, width 58 cm, depth 30 cm.
Delivery possible.
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Robert Guillerme (1913-1990) and Jacques Chambron (1914-2001) were two French designers of the "Votre Maison" brand, a famous furniture and interior design workshop of the 1950s.
Guillerme graduated from the Ecole Boulle in 1940, then became an architect and interior designer for Rogier. Chambron graduated from the Ecole des Arts Appliqués de Reims in 1938, then became a decorative painter in his own studio.
The two men met after the war and set up their own company, "Votre Maison", in which each had a specific role: Guillerme designed, Chambron handled sales and Emile Dariosecq, a cabinetmaker, made furniture.
Success came quickly, and they created a wide variety of furniture using materials and techniques characteristic of the house, such as waxed oak, a light shade of wood or a dark shade obtained with iron oxide.
Armchairs and sofas are made on the same model, with worked backs, waxed wood and a thick cushion for the seat.
In the 1970s, the company was taken over by Chambron's son, who went on to produce his own designs.