Maxime Old

The reissue of this monograph on Maxime Old (1910-1991) chronologically retraces the career and work of this great decorator, through an in-depth study of his production notebooks, his archives and his participation in the Salons. Maxime Old, from a family of cabinetmakers, studied at the Boulle school before completing his training in the workshop of Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann, the greatest decorator of his time. Born at a pivotal time when society would experience unprecedented upheavals, raised within an artisanal tradition of quality and expertise, Maxime Old represents a link between the great era of decorators and modern times, an authentic and precious witness ensuring the link between the Art Deco period and the survivals of a forties style which blended into the design era. The Mobilier national and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs placed numerous orders with him for the French embassies in The Hague, Helsinki and Ottawa. In addition to private clients who remained loyal to him throughout his career, he was responsible for projects as important as the development of the headquarters of the Société des forges et ateliers du Creusot, the Marhaba hotel in Casablanca, the Marignane airport and the ocean liner France.

• 23 x 30.5 cm • 320 pages • 400 illustrations • Hardcover under dust jacket • ISBN: 978-2-91554-2967

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YVES BADETZ. Ancien inspecteur au Mobilier national et conservateur au musée d’Orsay, Yves Badetz a participé à plusieurs publications et expositions sur les arts décoratifs du XXe siècle. Il est notamment l’auteur des monographies consacrées à Janette Laverrière (2004) et Marc du Plantier (2010) publiés par les editions Norma.

En partenariat avec la Galerie Yves Gastou