Jean-Michel Frank
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Jean-Michel Frank was a French interior designer known for minimalist interiors decorated with plain-lined but sumptuous furniture made of luxury materials, such as shagreen, mica, and intricate straw
This is Jean-Michel Frank's Club Chair made from sheepskin. In 1924, Jean Rene Guerrand commissioned Frank to design upholstered furniture and chairs. Frank stripped away decoration and emphasized craft and simplicity. The Club Chair comes in a variety of colors and is an inspiration for designers today.
Parsons table
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The Parsons table is a modernist square or rectangular table whose four legs are square in cross-section, flush with the edges of the top, and equal to it in thickness.
Jean-Michel Frank
…During the 1930s, Frank was a teacher for design at the Paris Atelier, a satellite school of Parsons School of Design, where he developed the famous Parsons table. Frank challenged his students to create a table that would retain its integrity whether sheathed in gold leaf, mica, parchment, or even painted burlap…
Parsons Table