Wrought iron grille, attributed to Gilbert Poillerat (1902-1988), circa 1940
- Date
- Circa 1940
- Patina
- Original green patina
- Dimensions
- H. 150, W. 50 cm
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Download the sheet (PDF)ATTRIBUTED TO GILBERT POILLERAT (1902-1988)
Decorative wrought iron grille, circa 1940
Decorative wrought iron grille, decorated with geometric motifs and elegant scrolls, highlighted with gilt details. Original green patina.
Gilbert Poillerat (1902-1988) was a renowned French master ironworker and designer, famous for his decorative wrought iron creations combining classical motifs, geometric forms and refined craftsmanship.
Designer: attributed to Gilbert Poillerat (1902-1988)
Period: circa 1940
Origin: France
Materials: wrought iron, original patina and gilt details
Dimensions: H. 150, W. 50 cm
About Gilbert Poillerat
Born in 1902 in Mer, in the Loir-et-Cher, Gilbert Poillerat studied metal chasing and engraving at the École Boulle, graduating in 1921. He immediately joined Edgar Brandt, where he learned the design and making of wrought iron. In 1927 he took charge of the ironwork department of the firm Baudet, Donon et Roussel, and first exhibited at the Salon d'Automne in 1928.
Drawing on seventeenth-century French ironwork and the neoclassical vocabulary, his work combines scrolls, arabesques and structural rigour, before moving after the war towards a more geometric line. He worked in wrought iron, often gilded or patinated, as well as in bronze. He collaborated with the decorators Jacques Adnet and André Arbus and with the couturier Jacques Heim, contributed to the fitting-out of the liner Normandie and created doors for the Palais de Chaillot for the 1937 Exposition.
Appointed professor at the École nationale des arts décoratifs in 1946, he then founded his own workshop. The Musée des Arts décoratifs in Paris holds a wrought iron and stucco table shown in 1943 at the Pavillon de Marsan. He died in 1988.
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