Jean Luce Et Le Renouveau De La Table Française, 1910-1960

In 1925, at the age of 30, Jean Luce (1895-1964) was the only artist specialising in tableware to have his own space at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris. His long career, which began in 1911 at the Musée Galliera exhibition and continued until the end of the 1950s, took him through many of the twentieth-century movements, including Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Modernism.

Initially admired in the 1920s for the quality and originality of its geometric decorations and ornamentation, from the 1930s onwards it came to the fore thanks to its work in renewing forms. Designers and interior decorators such as Pierre Chareau, Charlotte Perriand, Rob Mallet-Stevens and Djo Bourgeois were quick to feature his models on their stands or in their interiors. Personalising his designs, he created services for prestigious clients such as the Maharajah of Indore and Paul Cavrois.

Richly illustrated, in particular with the Luce collection held at the MAD in Paris, this book offers an unpublished biography of Jean Luce, as well as the work of his contemporaries such as Marcel Goupy, Suzanne Lalique, Paul Follot, Mathurin Méheut and Francis Jourdain.