France c. 1930, sculptural, four-legged wood frame construction with support made of oxidised metal, rectangular table top and supports, the front with lockable drawer, inscribed with stamp: ‚E. PRINTZ‘. In restored condition with signs of age and use, scratches and abrasions. Dimensions: height c. 74.5 cm, width c. 110 cm, depth c. 54.5 cm. (MHA)

Paris-born Eugene Printz (1889–1948) was a French interior decorator and furniture designer. Printz worked in his father‘s workshop on Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine in Paris. Later he set up his workshop on 12 rue Saint Bernard in Paris, where he made cabinets, carpets, drawings and paintings. In 1930, he designed the interior of the boudoir of the Princesse de la Tour d‘Auvergne in the Château de Grosbois, the private office of Jeanne Lanvin, the reception salon of Field Marshal Lyautey and the interior of the Musée de la France d‘Outre-Mer on the occasion of the Paris ‚Exposition Coloniale‘ in 1931. He later opened his own gallery on 81 rue de Miromesnil in Paris. Further commissions followed in Great Britain, Belgium, the USA and Mexico. Shortly before the beginning of World War II, Eugene Printz, Jules Leleu and René Prou, among others, founded the group Décor de France. After the war, his Eugene Printz furniture was produced in a limited edition.

Cf. Lit.:
Byars, M., & Riley, T. (2004). The design encyclopedia. Laurence King Publishing. Guy Bujon and JeanJacques Dutko, Printz, Paris, 1986, pp. 155, 240, 242; Meubles, Objets d‘art: Galerie Eugène Printz, Paris, 1934, p. 16, ill. 58 (similar mod.); Art et Décoration, January 1935, (similar mod.)

With photo certificate issued by Jean-Jacques Dukto, Paris, 1991

Provenance:
Private Collection Belgium.