Neoclassical Coffee Table in Bronze and Brass with Black Lacquered Glass Top, Attributed to Raymond Subes. Circa 1940

This neoclassical coffee table in bronze and brass with a black lacquered glass top is attributed to Raymond Subes (1893–1970), a major figure of 20th-century Parisian decorative ironwork. The bronze and brass structure, finely chased, deploys a disciplined neoclassical vocabulary, while the black lacquered glass top brings depth, contrast and a seriousness that balances the warmth of the noble metals.

Raymond Subes, a pupil of Émile Robert and later director of the Borderel and Robert workshops, became one of the great masters of French decorative ironwork in the interwar period. His work fits within the reinterpreted neoclassical elegance of the 20th century, where the rigour of drawing combines with a refined sense of proportions and an exceptional quality of execution. This coffee table fully testifies to this.

With generous dimensions (Width: 100.5 cm | Depth: 51 cm | Height: 52.5 cm), it naturally takes its place at the centre of a living room, a boudoir, an entrance hall or a reception space, where its structured silhouette articulates the space with authority.

A Parisian creation attributed to one of the greatest 20th-century master ironworkers, whose neoclassical elegance continues to enchant classical, eclectic and contemporary interiors.