Guillerme & Chambron Large Sideboard in Oak

Guillerme et Chambron for Votre Maison, large sideboard, oak, France, 1960s.

This exceptionally large storage unit designed by French designer duo Guillerme et Chambron is truly something you cannot easily overlook. With its width of 11.8 feet, this piece of furniture will offer you more than enough storage space for your personal belongings. Two sliding doors structure this sideboard on the lower part and the left lower part is expanded with seven bottom drawers. The doors are visually structured by horizontally and vertically striped oak veneer. The upper compartments are furnished with four door panels which can be opened downwards, and therefore function as extendable table tops. A variety of different shelves appear behind the door panels. This item will be of great use in one's living room or kitchen area.

The French designer duo Jacques Chambron (1914-2001) and Robert Guillerme (1913-1990) started their production postwar. Robert Guillerme studied design and architecture at the École Boule and graduated first in his class in 1934. Meanwhile, Jacques Chambron graduated from the School of Applied Arts in Reims. During the Second World War, the two met in a stalag, a Prussian prisoner camp, while being imprisoned by the Germans in East Prussia and started a great friendship based on their intense and deep passion for interior design. In 1948, Chambron resigned from his job as a painter and decorator on the Rue Nollet in Paris to move to Lille, in the North of France and join Guillerme. A year later, the two met cabinetmaker Émile Dariosecq, who was the owner of a workshop close by. It was during this meeting, that they decided to create their own company. They named it “Votre Maison”, meaning “Your Home”, which became the soul of the company. With this, they wanted to create pieces that focused on functionality combined with a beautiful design useful for daily life, by which they created a worldwide reputation. Most of the furniture designed by this duo shows a strong character and has a great expressive woodwork. The three of them divided their work equally. Overall, Guillerme worked as a designer, Chambron as a commercial, and Dariosecq’s workshop manufactured the pieces. Throughout their career, ‘Votre Maison’ produced over two thousand models, leaving a lasting mark in the world of design.  

Kindly take note that this item lacks two shelves and one drawer positioned centrally. Restoration can be done before shipping by our experienced craftsmen and -women in our own in-house restoration atelier. With high attention for the original, they make sure every piece retains its value and is ready for the many years to come. We kindly ask you to contact our design experts for further information about the endless possibilities our restoration and upholstery atelier has to offer. Of course, a locally organized restoration is possible as well.

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